Legal Opinion

In Re Estate of Brockerman

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 3, 1984No. 286PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPAETH, President Judge:

This is an appeal from an order dismissing appellant’s exceptions and awarding additional attorneys’ fees to appellee. 1 Appellant is the executrix of the estate of Alma L. Brockerman. Appellee is a law firm that performed services for the Brockerman estate. 2 Appellant argues: (1) that the orphans’ court erred in not surcharging appellee’s attorneys’ fees by $6,000, this being the amount of loss allegedly incurred by the Brockerman estate due to the alleged negligence of one of appellee’s attorneys; and (2) that the orphans’ court erred in awarding additional…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Callery v. Blythe Township Municipal AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Crawford's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1931
  3. Wilson v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Naffah v. City Deposit BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1940
  5. DiAndrea v. Reliance Savings & Loan Ass'nSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1421 Nick Dardovitch v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, Inc., Mark S. Haltzman, in No. 98-1422 Nick Dardovitch in No. 98-1452 v. Mark S. Haltzman, Esquire Catherine A. Backos, as Trustees of Glenn Eagle Square Equity Assoc. Trust Glenn Eagle Square Equity Associates, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  2. Lomas, R. v. Kravitz, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
  3. Dardovitch v. HaltzmanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1999
  4. Goodman v. GoodmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. KittelbergerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

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