Mely v. State Farm Insurance Co.

SPECIAL TERM OPINION

HUSPENI, Judge.

FACTS

On March 1, 1995, State Farm Insurance Company filed this appeal from a November 80, 1994, judgment modifying and confirming an arbitration award. The appeal papers indicated appellant had received written notice of entry of the November 30 judgment on December 5,1994., This court questioned whether the appeal was timely. Both parties submitted jurisdiction memoranda. We dismiss the appeal because we conclude it was not timely filed.

DECISION

“Special proceeding” has been broadly defined as a generic term for civil remedies that are not ordinary actions.…