Freidenbloom v. Weyant

¶ 1 Appellant, Rick L. Freidenbloom, appeals from the judgment entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County in favor of M. Christina Weyant, Appellee, and against Appellant concerning an award of counsel fees. We vacate the judgment.

¶ 2 The trial court briefly summarized the facts of this case as follows:

[Appellant] commenced this civil action by filing a Writ of Summons on April 8, 1998, and after several years of litigation, filed a Motion to Discontinue on April 11, 2001. [Appellee] has petitioned this Court to award counsel fees in the amount of $3,427.48 alleging that the lawsuit…