Legal Opinion
In Re Estate of Liscio
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 17, 1994No. 284PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUDOCK, Judge:
Kimberley A. Somma, Administratrix of the Estate of John Liscio, deceased, appeals from the order sustaining the exceptions of Mary DiPerna to the estate’s award of counsel fees and costs pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 2503 as sanctions for the vexatious, arbitrary, dilatory, frivolous, and bad faith action of Ms. DiPerna and her counsel during the pendency of the underlying claim they had brought against the estate. We reverse.
On June 10,1989, John Liscio died intestate, survived by his daughter, Sherilynn Liscio. Because Ms. Liscio resided in *442Florida, she renounced her right to…
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