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IN RE ESTATE OF BURGER

898 A.2d 547 (2006)

In re ESTATE OF Regis F. BURGER, M.D. Appeal of Janice B. Leckey.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 25, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Caroselli, Esq., Edward C. Leckey, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Janice B. Leckey.

Kevin L. Colosimo, Esq., Samuel Herman Simon, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Linda Nash.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN, and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

In this appeal, Appellant challenges a determination that she lacks standing to pursue a will contest. The outcome turns on a statutory rule of interpretation applicable to wills, which embodies the public policy disfavoring partial intestacy.

In March 2000, Regis F. Burger, M.D. ("Dr. Burger") prepared the last of a series of several wills, in which he named five beneficiaries to share in the residue of his estate...

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