Court Opinion

ID: 9752727
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 18:31:00.407645+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:21.413040
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*246WIEAND, Judge,
concurring and dissenting:
I respectfully dissent from the majority’s decision to quash this appeal on the grounds that the trial court’s order denying intervention was interlocutory and not appealable. In my judgment, the order was final and, with respect to the instant action, put appellants out of court finally.
However, I agree with Judge Popovich that a person not a party to a lawsuit may intervene only “during the pendency of an action.” Pa.R.C.P. 2327. Here, appellants, who were not parties to the original action, sought to intervene approximately four months after the action had been finally settled and terminated. Under such circumstances, the trial court properly denied appellants’ petition to intervene. I would affirm the order denying intervention.