Lane Enterprises, Inc. v. L.B. Foster Co., 0712
| Decision Date | 15 April 1998 |
| Docket Number | No. 0712,0712 |
| Citation | 551 Pa. 306,710 A.2d 54 |
| Parties | LANE ENTERPRISES, INC., Petitioner, v. L.B. FOSTER COMPANY, Respondent. W.D. Allocatur Docket 1997. |
| Court | Pennsylvania Supreme Court |
John B. Consevage, Harrisburg, for petitioner.
Prior report: Pa.Super., 700 A.2d 465.
AND NOW, this 15th day of April, 1998, the Order of the Superior Court is reversed. Pa.R.Civ.P. 227.1 requires parties to file post-trial motions in order to preserve issues for appeal. If an issue has not been raised in a post-trial motion, it is waived for appeal purposes. See Benson v. Penn Central Transportation Company, 463 Pa. 37, 342 A.2d 393 (1975) and Commonwealth v. Metz, 534 Pa. 341, 633 A.2d 125 (1993).
This matter is remanded to the trial court for reinstatement of the verdict.
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