Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 17, April 27, 2024
Rule 2203 - Procedure to remove plaintiff(a) Any person entitled by law to recover damages in an action for wrongful death may petition the court in which an action for such wrongful death is pending to remove the plaintiff and to substitute as a new plaintiff any person entitled by law to recover damages in the action or a personal representative of the decedent.(b) After hearing, of which due notice shall be given to the plaintiff in the action and to all persons entitled by law to recover damages, the court may remove the plaintiff and order the substitution prayed for, if it deems the same advisable.The provisions of this Rule 2203 adopted February 14, 1939, effective 9/4/1939; amended April 12, 1999, effective 7/1/1999, 29 Pa.B. 2274.