GENERAL ACC. INS. CO. OF AMERICA v. ALLEN


547 Pa. 693 (1997)

692 A.2d 1089

GENERAL ACCIDENT INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, Appellant, v. Eugene R. ALLEN, Elizabeth Ann Allen, Tammy Allen, Individually, Breanne Allen, Heath Allen, minors by their guardian, Merle S. Kramer, and Debbie Allen, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 23, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis C. Long and Paul R. Robinson, Pittsburgh, for General Accident Insurance Company of America.

George A. Miller and Dennis St. J. Mulvihill, Pittsburgh, for Eugene, Tammy, Breanne and Heath Allen, and Merle Kramer.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is an appeal by General Accident Insurance Company of America from the per curiam order of the Superior Court quashing its appeal from an order of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. For the following reasons, we reverse and remand the matter to the Superior Court for disposition of the merits of the appeal.1

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