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MOTORISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. PINKERTON

830 A.2d 958 (2003)

MOTORISTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. Holly Lynn PINKERTON, Paul R. Pinkerton, P.G. Publishing Company, Francis E. Pfederhirt, Mark R. Interthal and National Union Fire Insurance Company, Appeal of Mark R. Interthal. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company, Appellant v. Randall P. Craley, Administrator of the Estate of Jayneann M. Craley, Randall P. Craley, Parent and Natural Guardian of Keith P. Craley, A Minor, and Randall P. Craley, In his Own Right and Gloria M. Craley And Lawrence W. Craley, Husband and Wife, Appellees. Prudential Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellee v. Shirley Hasson and Arthur E. Hasson, II, Appellants. Homestead Insurance Company, Appellant v. Penjerdel Refrigeration Company and Episcopal Hospital, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 20, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Michael Castello, Pittsburgh, for Mark R. Interthal, appellant.

John A. Huddock, Jr., Sewickley, Thomas A. McDonnell, Pittsburgh, for Motorists Mut. Ins. Co., appellee.

Teresa Ficken Sachs, Philadelphia, for State Farm Fire and Cas. Co., appellant.

Daniel E.P. Bausher, Reading, for Estate of Jayneann M. Craley, et al., appellees.

William E. Averona, Philadelphia, for Shirley and Arthur Hasson.

Charles W. Craven, Philadelphia, for Prudential Property and Cas. Ins. Co., appellee.

Andrew Jamison Gallogly, Philadelphia, for Homestead Ins. Co., appellant.

Barbara R. Binis, Andrew J. Soven, Philadelphia, Carl Eric Esser, for Episcopal Hosp., appellee.

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

OPINION

Justice NIGRO.

The question presented in each of these four consolidated actions is whether the Superior Court erred in quashing as untimely an appeal from a declaratory judgment order entered after trial based on the fact that the appellant filed post-trial motions instead of immediately appealing the order. For the following reasons, we hold that the Superior Court did, in fact, err.

In the first of these four consolidated cases...

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