Title: Raynor, N. v. D'Annunzio, M., et al. s. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 301 EAL 2019
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: November 6, 2019

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT NANCY K. RAYNOR, ESQUIRE AND RAYNOR & ASSOCIATES, P.C. v. MATTHEW D'ANNUNZIO, ESQUIRE; KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP; WILLIAM T. HILL, ESQUIRE; MESSA & ASSOCIATES, P.C.; JOSEPH MESSA, JR., ESQUIRE AND ROSALIND W. SUTCH, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ROSALIND WILSON, DECEASED PETITION OF: MESSA & ASSOCIATES, P.C. & JOSEPH MESSA, JR., ESQUIRE : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 300 EAL 2019 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court NANCY K. RAYNOR, ESQUIRE AND RAYNOR & ASSOCIATES, P.C. v. MATTHEW D'ANNUNZIO, ESQUIRE; KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP; WILLIAM T. HILL, ESQUIRE; MESSA & ASSOCIATES, P.C.; JOSEPH MESSA, JR., ESQUIRE AND ROSALIND W. SUTCH, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ROSALIND WILSON, DECEASED PETITION OF: MATTHEW D'ANNUNZIO, ESQUIRE, KLEHR HARRISON HARVEY BRANZBURG LLP, WILLIAM T. HILL, ESQUIRE, AND ROSALIND W. SUTCH, AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ROSALIND WILSON, DECEASED : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 301 EAL 2019 Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court [300 EAL 2019 and 301 EAL 2019] - 2 ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 6th day of November, 2019, the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal at 300 EAL 2019 and 301 EAL 2019 are GRANTED, LIMITED to combined issues set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. 1. Whether a request for contempt/sanctions against counsel (among others) contained within a motion for post-trial relief constitutes “civil proceedings” actionable under the Dragonetti Act? 2. Did the Superior Court attempt to create new Pennsylvania law — in contravention of a number of appellate decisions — giving [respondent], a disqualified attorney, standing to assert a cause of action under the Dragonetti Act when she was not a party to the underlying action?