Superior Court 5/12/08 - DIANE L. FASTUCA v. L. W. MOLNAR & ASSOCIATES, LOUIS W. MOLNAR, JR. and MARY LOU MOLNAR, INDIVIDUALLY and T/D/B/A L.W. MOLNAR

DIANE L. FASTUCA v. L. W. MOLNAR & ASSOCIATES, LOUIS W. MOLNAR, JR. and MARY LOU MOLNAR, INDIVIDUALLY and T/D/B/A L.W. MOLNAR & ASSOCIATES
No. 1226 WDA 2007 2008 PA Super 99 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 5/9/2008
Appeal from the Order Entered March 21, 2007 In the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County Civil Division at No. GD 03-22790
Before: BENDER, BOWES and TAMILIA, JJ.
Opinion by: BENDER, J.
Louis W. Molnar, Jr. and Mary Lou Molnar, individually and trading and doing business as L.W. Molnar & Associates, and L.W. Molnar & Associates (the Molnars) appeal the trial court’s order terminating common law arbitration of claims raised in the underlying civil action by Diane L. Fastuca. The Molnars contend that the trial court abused its discretion in attempting to terminate the arbitration or alter the findings of the arbitrator prior to entry of a final award. We concur in the Molnars’ assessment of the trial court’s ruling. Accordingly, we reverse the court’s order and reinstate the arbitration proceedings.