A trial court cannot transfer a matter to another jurisdiction on its own initiative, the Superior Court has ruled.
In a July 30 memorandum opinion in Scott v. Lower Bucks Hospital, the court reversed the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ transfer order and remanded the case back to Philadelphia, citing Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 213.1, which governs case transfers.
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