Shin v. Brenan

TODD, J.:

¶ 1 Following counsel’s inadvertent absence from a pretrial settlement conference, the trial court dismissed Appellant Ayne K. Brenan’s de novo appeal of an arbitration award in favor of Appellee Ho Ihn Shin and denied Brenan’s subsequent motion to reinstate her appeal. Because we find this was an abuse of discretion, we reverse.

¶ 2 In this personal injury case brought by Shin and involving the collision of automobiles driven by Shin and Brenan, Shin was awarded $20,000 by an arbitration panel. 1 Brenan appealed the award to the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. At a…