Montell v. Banker's Life of Nebraska Insurance

CERCONE, President Judge:

Appellant, Banker’s Life Insurance Company of Nebraska, appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which quashed its appeal from an arbitration award on the basis that appellant’s appeal was defective. We vacate the order of the lower court and remand for the correction of the defective appeal bond.

Appellee, Mary Montell, filed this suit in assumpsit against Banker’s Life to collect the insurance proceeds from the policy she held on her deceased husband’s life. The case was heard by a board of three arbitrators and their decision in the…