Botkin v. Metropolitan Life Insurance
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
POPOVICH, J.:
¶ 1 Appellant Barbara Botkin, guardian ad litem for Gay Banes, an incapacitated person, appeals the order granting summary judgment in favor of Appellees Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (hereinafter “MetLife”), Joel Sherman, and Ted Stavrakis on the basis that the trial court erred in: 1) failing to equate answers to interrogatories to deposition testimony; and 2) treating Banes’ letters, his daughter/Appellant Botkin’s remarks, and his expert’s memorandum as hearsay evidence subject to exclusion at trial. 1 We affirm.
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