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GENIVIVA v. FRISK

555 Pa. 589 (1999)

725 A.2d 1209

Cosmo S. GENIVIVA, Jr., Executor of the Estate of Helen U. Geniviva and individually, Appellee, v. Nick A. FRISK, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank G. Verterano, New Castle, for Nick A. Frisk, Jr.

Robert C. Tourek, Pittsburgh, for Cosmo Geniviva.

Louis R. Pomerico for Brian and Marilyn Geniviva.

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

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...

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