Hade v. Nationwide Insurance

OPINION

McDermott, justice.

Appellant, Nationwide Insurance Company, appeals from the order of the Superior Court, 349 Pa.Super. 541, 503 A.2d 980 which affirmed the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying appellant’s petition to vacate or modify an arbitration panel’s award of $300,000.00 entered against Nationwide and in favor of its insured, George Hade. This Court granted appellant’s petition for allowance of appeal on the limited issue of whether the arbitrators exceeded the scope of their authority in entering this award.

The relevant facts of this case are as…