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On December 19, 1986, Mary Orlando and Connie Kates withdrew
their will contest, and the Orphans' Court approved the
stipulation and the family settlement agreement.
The First and Final Account of Mary Orlando, Administratrix,
As Stated By Insurance Company of North America, Surety and
Amendment to First and Final Account of Mary Orlando,
Administratrix, was called for audit May 2, 1986, to March 24,
1987, inclusive, in the Orphans' Court before Judge Shoyer, the
auditing Judge.
Stephen J. Mathes and John R. Latourette, Jr. of the
Dilworth law firm represented Panepinto; Leonard S. Abrams
represented Mary and Anthony Orlando, individually, and Connie
Kates as executrix of the estate of James Meriano; Frances
Sullivan represented Lynch; Joseph Moore represented Reardon and
Joseph M. Gindhart represented Marcel Groen and the Groen and
Smolow law firm.
Judge Shoyer had before him the petition filed by Panepinto
to reduce or deny all fees that had been paid out of the estate
to Lynch and Reardon. She claimed that the contingent fee
agreement upon which Lynch and Reardon based their claim was
unconscionable as a matter of law and that the fees claimed under
the agreement were excessive and unreasonable as a matter of law.
On November 10, 1983, Lynch filed with the Orphans' Court a
petition for a citation directed to Marcel Groen and Ronald
Smolow to show cause why they should not deposit with the court
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