Menarde v. Southeastern Pennsylvania TransporTation Authority

Opinion by

Spaeth, J.,

This is an appeal from an order quashing an appeal from an arbitration award.

Defendant-appellant took a timely appeal to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas from an arbitration award in favor of plaintiff-appellee in the amount of $3,750. Appellee moved to quash the appeal on two grounds: that there were certain errors in the certificate of readiness filed pursuant to Philadelphia Arbitration Rule 6; and that the appeal was taken in bad faith. The lower court granted the motion.

The “errors” in the certificate of readiness are that the certificate does not accurately…