Court Opinion

ID: 9638573
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 15:47:38.625451+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T15:22:20.236826
License: Public Domain

OLSZEWSKI, Judge,
concurring statement:
I wholeheartedly join Judge Kelly’s disposition of this case. I write only to address the concerns raised by Judge Johnson’s dissent.
As an intermediate appellate court, we are bound to follow the law as announced by our Supreme Court. Val*406ley Peat & Humus v. Sunnylands, Inc., 398 Pa.Super. 400, 405, 581 A.2d 193, 195 (1990), petition for alloc. filed, 979 E.D.Alloc.Dkt.1990, Nov. 5, 1990. As a panel of this Court, we are also powerless to overturn en banc decisions.
The dissent correctly notes that this case is identical to Williams v. Gallagher, 396 Pa.Super. 584, 579 A.2d 403 (1990). That decision establishes the propriety of the analysis of Judge Kelly’s opinion. Were Williams a panel decision of this Court, stare decisis would lead me to approve of the analysis the dissent finds objectionable. As an en banc decision, Williams leaves us no choice but to employ that analysis. Therefore, I concur in the majority opinion.