D'ORAZIO v. LOCUST LAKE VILLAGE, INC.


267 Pa.Super. 124 (1979)

406 A.2d 550

Theresa D'ORAZIO, Administratrix of the Estate of Patrick L. Lawler, Deceased, Appellant, v. LOCUST LAKE VILLAGE, INC. and Locust Lake Village Property Owners Association, Inc.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 15, 1979.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied October 2, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Mark Perlstein, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Bernard M. Billick, Stroudsburg, for appellee Locust Lake Village, Inc.

Donald H. Brobst, Wilkes-Barre, for appellee Locust Lake Village Property Owners Ass'n, Inc.

Before PRICE, HESTER and HOFFMAN, JJ.


PRICE, Judge:

The court below granted summary judgment on the survival action initiated by appellant when it concluded that the applicable two-year statute of limitations had expired prior to appellant's obtaining required letters of administration. For the reasons set forth herein, we reverse the order and remand the case for further proceedings.

The salient facts as found by the court below are these. Patrick L. Lawler, age nine, drowned on July 8, 1973...

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