A divided en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court has ruled the City of Philadelphia issued a fatally defective notice to a company that owed it more than $25,000, reversing the default judgment rendered by a Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court.
Because the city did not inform David J. Lane specifically of what he failed to do in his Rule 237.5 form, the court said Lane did not receive the type and extent of notice required by the state Supreme Court to enter default judgment.
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