IN RE ESTATE OF LISCIO


432 Pa.Super. 440 (1994)

638 A.2d 1019

In re ESTATE OF John LISCIO, deceased. Appeal of Kimberley A. SOMMA, Administratrix of the Estate of John Liscio, deceased.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed March 17, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ruth A. Zittrain, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Raymond Radakovich, Pittsburgh, for participating party.

Before TAMILIA, HUDOCK and CERCONE, JJ.


HUDOCK, Judge:

Kimberley A. Somma, Administratrix of the Estate of John Liscio, deceased, appeals from the order sustaining the exceptions of Mary DiPerna to the estate's award of counsel fees and costs pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 2503 as sanctions for the vexatious, arbitrary, dilatory, frivolous, and bad faith action of Ms. DiPerna and her counsel during the pendency of the underlying claim they had brought against the estate. We reverse.

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