# In Re Estate of Liscio

> Superior Court of Pennsylvania · March 17, 1994 · 432 Pa. Super. 440

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9700279

## Case

- **Full name:** In Re ESTATE OF John LISCIO, Deceased. Appeal of Kimberley A. SOMMA, Administratrix of the Estate of John Liscio, Deceased
- **Court:** Superior Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 17, 1994
- **Citations:** 432 Pa. Super. 440; 638 A.2d 1019; 1994 Pa. Super. LEXIS 964; 1994 WL 83213
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Cercone
- **Judges:** Tamilia, Hudock, Cercone
- **Cited by:** 29 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- affirming award of attorneys’ fees for bad faith because the offending party’s claim had “no reasonable possibility of success, coupled with her prolonging litigation and unnecessarily delaying distribution of the estate, as well as costing the estate thousands of dollars in a…

## Opinion text

CERCONE, Judge,
concurring:
Although I concur in the decision of my esteemed colleagues, I write separately to emphasize my view that since this matter turns on the issue of bad faith as it relates to the imposition of attorneys’ fees, I have serious doubts as to how far our judicial system can go in precluding inspection of court documents by a litigant who has a legitimate interest in and *449 right to explore them. However, since in this particular case, the issue has been waived, this court is correct in not addressing it.

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