Chervenak, Keane & Co. v. Hotel Rittenhouse Associates, Inc.

HOFFMAN, Judge:

In this appeal appellant challenges the' lower court’s refusal to open a default judgment and the court’s imposition of counsel fees and costs. Finding no merit in appellant’s contentions, we affirm the order of the court below.

Appellant, Hotel Rittenhouse Associates, and Chervenak, Keane and Co. (CKC), contracted in mid-1979, for CKC to advise appellant incident to the building of a hotel-condominium. After the contract was prematurely terminated, and pursuant to their earlier agreement, the parties submitted damage claims to an arbitration panel, consisting of one arbitrator…