ORDER

AND NOW, this 4th day of June, 1998, the petition for allowance of appeal is GRANTED; the order of the Superior Court is REVERSED; and this matter is REMANDED to the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County consistent with this court’s opinion in Marino v. Hackman, 551 Pa. 369, *569710 A.2d 1108 (Pa. 1998) and Jacobs v. Halloran, 551 Pa. 350, 710 A.2d 1098 (Pa. 1998).