Case Title: Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Delaware River Port Authority (Summary Disposition)

Citation: 

Docket Number: 359 EAL 2004

State: pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Date: 2004-12-29T00:00:00Z

Document:
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Respondent, v. DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY, Petitioner. : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 359 EAL 2004 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Superior Court Order dated April 21, 2004, docketed at 596 EDA 2003, affirming, in part, the Decision and Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dated June 6, 2001, and the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County entered on January 16, 2003. ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 28th day of December 2004, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal in the above captioned matter is GRANTED in part, the Superior Court judgment is VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED for the Superior Court to consider the reviewability and merits of the following two claims, which do not appear to have been addressed in its memorandum decision: (1) Whether a hearsay declarant is “unavailable,” for purposes of Pa.R.E. 804, merely by virtue of his membership in a witness protection program, and if not, whether proof sufficient to otherwise satisfy the definition of “unavailability” was, in fact, offered by the proponent of that declarant’s testimony in this case? (2) Whether the terms of the parties’ agreement should be interpreted to require indemnification under the instant circumstances, where the loss allegedly occurred during storage?