ORDER

AND NOW, this 5th day of June, 1998, the Petitions for Allowance of Appeal are GRANTED; the order of the Superi- or Court is REVERSED; and this matter is REMANDED to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny 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 (1998).