ORDER

AND NOW, this 4th day of June, 1998, the petition for allowance of appeal is GRANTED; the order of the Commonwealth Court is REVERSED; and this matter is REMANDED to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County consistent with this court’s opinion in Marino v. Hackman, 551 Pa. 369, 710 A.2d 1108 (Pa.) and Jacobs v. Halloran, 551 Pa. 350, 710 A.2d 1098 (Pa.) (1998).