DeArmitt v. New York Life Insurance

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

Appellants, Gerald DeArmitt and Ada DeArmitt, appeal from the summary judgment entered in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas in favor of Appel-lees, New York Life Insurance Company (“NYLIC”) and Russell F. Bicker (“Mr. Bicker”). For the following reasons, we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

The relevant facts and procedural history of this case are as follows. In 1985, Appellants sold their motel and motor home park business. The buyers gave Appellants a down payment, and a mortgage that the buyers agreed to pay off over the course of twenty years,…