Supreme Court of Pennsylvania December 23, 1997, 0041 W.D. Appeal Docket 1997 (Riccio v. American Republic Insurance)

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

This Court granted

allocatur

in this matter in order to address two issues. The first issue is whether the coordinate jurisdiction rule barred a judge involved in the post-trial motion phase of the litigation

sub judice

from reversing the ruling of another judge of a coordinate court in the same matter.