Opinion ID: 1998403
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Heading: Nunc pro tunc appeal

Text: Appellants finally assert that they should be allowed to appeal nunc pro tunc under the nonnegligent failure to file exception to the requirement of a timely filed appeal. Bass v. Commonwealth, 485 Pa. 256, 401 A.2d 1133 (1979); In re In the Interest of C.K., supra . We find no abuse of discretion in the court of common pleas' refusal to grant appellants leave to file their appeal nunc pro tunc. Under the circumstances of this case, where appellants' own act in avoiding the clear procedural requirements for seeking relief from an arbitration award was the initial cause of all their difficulties, and where even after the court of common pleas lifted its improper stay the appellants waited an additional month before filing their appeal, there are no grounds for granting appellants the extraordinary relief provided for in Bass. For all of the foregoing reasons, we affirm the orders of the Court of Common Pleas quashing the appeal as untimely and denying the petition for an appeal nunc pro tunc. Orders affirmed.