Case Name: Mary PISTORIUS, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of John J. Pistorius, Deceased, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Raymond K. CRAWFORD
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1987-11-02
Citations: 516 Pa. 457
Docket Number: Appeal No. 89 W.D.Appeal Dkt.1986
Parties: Mary PISTORIUS, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of John J. Pistorius, Deceased, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Raymond K. CRAWFORD.
Judges: HUTCHINSON, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 516
Pages: 457–458

Head Matter:
532 A.2d 821
Mary PISTORIUS, individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of John J. Pistorius, Deceased, v. The TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. Raymond K. CRAWFORD.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Sept. 21, 1987.
Decided Nov. 2, 1987.
Reargument Denied Jan. 7, 1988.
William J. Begley, Cauley, Conflenti & Latella, Pittsburgh, for appellant.
B. Albert Bertocchi, McCue, Bertocchi & Heim, Kittanning, for M. Pistorius.
George B. Kepple, Kittanning, for Raymond Crawford.

Opinion:
ORDER
Prior report: 348 Pa.Super. 527, 502 A.2d 670.
PER CURIAM:
The Court being evenly divided as to whether to render a decision on the merits, the appeal is hereby dismissed.
HUTCHINSON, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY and McDERMOTT, JJ., would reach the merits of the appeal.
LARSEN, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ., would dismiss the appeal as having been improvidently granted.