[J-62-2016]
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT
CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR, JUSTICE WECHT, AND JUDGES COLINS, FRIEDMAN,
LEADBETTER, BROBSON, AND STRASSBURGER
JOHN J. DOUGHERTY, : No. 6 EAP 2015
:
Appellant : Appeal from the Judgment of the
: Superior Court entered on 8/14/14 at
v. : No. 1333 EDA 2012 affirming the order
: entered on 4/11/12 in the Court of
KAREN HELLER, : Common Pleas, Civil Division,
: Philadelphia County at No. 00699
Appellee : December Term 2009
:
: ARGUED: May 9, 2016
CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION
JUDGE BROBSON DECIDED: June 14, 2016
I join parts I, II, and III of the majority opinion. Because, after protracted
appellate proceedings, I believe that this Court should decide the two issues that it
accepted for appellate review in its February 4, 2015 Order granting allocatur, neither of
which questions the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s analysis or application of the
collateral order doctrine, I respectfully dissent from part IV of the majority opinion.