Driver v. Temple

I dissent. I would find that an order authorizing the opening of a private road is subject to appellate review only after the issue of damages has been resolved. Accordingly, I would quash the instant appeal as interlocutory.

Preliminarily, I note that in the interest of judicial economy, our courts have consistently adopted a policy of discouraging multiple appeals in a single case. “The fair and efficient administration of justice cannot tolerate ‘piecemeal *402determinations and the consequent protraction of litigation.’ ” Beers v. Raub, 363 Pa.Super. 521, 526 A.2d 801 (1987), citing Fried v.…