This is called serving the complaint. Respondents have 30 days from the date the complaint is served to provide the PHRC with a written, verified answer, and send a copy to the complainant. If you are unable, to file an answer within this time, the PHRC may grant you an extension of no more than 30 additional days.
The answer must be in writing and: (1) Set forth in paragraphs numbered to correspond with the complaint. (2) Advise the parties and the Commission as to the nature of the defense. (3) Admit or deny specifically all material allegations of the complaint.
There are two types of an injunction. There is a temporary and a permanent injunction. The temporary injunction can last no longer than 15 days without the consent of both parties. A permanent injunction can last forever unless the judge modifies that injunction at the request of either party.
File the Answer at the Prothonotary's Office in the county courthouse. You are hereby notified to file a written response to the enclosed New Matter within twenty (20) days from service hereof or a judgment may be entered against you.
To file a counterclaim, go to the Magisterial District Judge's office with your copy of the Landlord/Tenant or Civil Complaint and tell the clerk you want to file a counterclaim to that Complaint. (A counterclaim to a Civil Complaint must be filed at least 5 days before the hearing.)
This is called serving the complaint. Respondents have 30 days from the date the complaint is served to provide the PHRC with a written, verified answer, and send a copy to the complainant. If you are unable, to file an answer within this time, the PHRC may grant you an extension of no more than 30 additional days.
(a) A court shall issue a preliminary or special injunction only after written notice and hearing unless it appears to the satisfaction of the court that immediate and irreparable injury will be sustained before notice can be given or a hearing held, in which case the court may issue a preliminary or special injunction ...
The party seeking a preliminary injunction must demonstrate that they will suffer irreparable harm if the injunction is not granted. Irreparable harm means that the harm cannot be adequately compensated by monetary damages or any other remedy except an injunction.
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., 555 U.S. 7 (2008), is applicable to all other litigants seeking preliminary injunctions, and requires that a party seeking a preliminary injunction must establish: (1) it is likely to succeed on the merits, (2) it is likely to suffer irreparable harm in the absence of ...
(11) A plaintiff seeking a preliminary injunction bears the burden of presenting facts which show a reasonable probability that he will succeed on the merits.