Geniviva v. Frisk

Because I believe that the trial court’s order, which denied Appellant’s motion to approve a settlement, is a collateral order appealable as of right pursuant to Pa.R.A.P. 313, I must respectfully dissent.

On March 6, 1997, the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County denied approval of the parties’ revised settlement agreement. On March 31, 1997, the Superior Court quashed the appeal of that order as interlocutory. We granted allocatur to determine whether the Superior Court erred in quashing as interlocutory the appeal from the order of the trial court rejecting a settlement between the…