Legal Opinion
Geniviva v. Frisk
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 1, 1999No. 92 W.D. Appeal Docket 1997PublishedCited by 101 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
The question in this appeal is whether a common pleas court order denying a motion to approve a settlement filed pursuant to 20 Pa.C.S. § 3323, is a collateral order appealable as of right under Pa.R.A.P. 313. Superior Court quashed the appeal as interlocutory. We affirm.
Helen U. Geniviva died on April 24, 1981. Her will named her son, Cosmo S. Geniviva, as executor and he hired attorney Nick A. Frisk, Jr., to assist him in his duties. In 1989, the other beneficiaries under the will petitioned the Orphans’ Court for an inventory and accounting. Ultimately, the executor…
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