Court Opinion

ID: 9636321
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 14:23:59.825102+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:09:44.150465
License: Public Domain

CAVANAUGH, Judge,
concurring:
I agree with the majority’s thoughtful analysis of the law concerning appeals in multi-count complaints but I feel that it is unnecessary and improper to decide, under the facts of this case, the issue of whether an order entering summary judgment on one or more but not all counts of a multi-count complaint in which several causes of action have been joined pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1044(a) is always appealable. “An *346order is final and thus appealable if it ends litigation, disposes of the entire case or effectively puts the litigant out of court.” Rogers v. Rogers, 282 Pa.Super. 480, 483, 423 A.2d 4, 5 (1980) (citing cases). As the majority notes, the cause of action for assault and battery in the instant case has been finally determined and the only counts remaining are those on which summary judgment was entered. It is clear that appellant is now “out of court” entirely, and thus the order entering summary judgment is, in this case, a final, appealable order.
I agree with the majority’s disposition of the merits of the instant appeal and therefore I, too, would affirm the order of the lower court.
POPOVICH and HOFFMAN, JJ., join this concurring statement.