YVONNE CATROPPA v. AMANDA CARLTON

YVONNE CATROPPA v. AMANDA CARLTON No. 404 WDA 2009 2010 PA Super 85 Atlantic: n/a Filed: 5/14/2010
	Appeal from the Judgment February 23, 2009 In the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County Civil Division at No. 11380 of 2006
Before: BENDER, PANELLA and OTT, JJ.
Opinion by: BENDER, J.
Amanda Carlton (Appellant) appeals from judgment entered in favor of Yvonne Catroppa (Appellee) following the trial court’s grant of Appellee’s motion for summary judgment in her personal injury action against Appellant arising from a car accident involving the parties. Appellant claims that the trial court erred in determining that Appellee was entitled to summary judgment on the basis that Appellant was collaterally estopped from disputing the amount of Appellee’s damages, which had been established at a prior arbitration proceeding. For the reasons that follow, we reverse and remand.

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