The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld a ruling denying a boarding school’s request to compel arbitration, which was brought up for the first time after a year of wrongful death litigation in state court.

A three-judge appellate panel consisting of Judges Alice Dubow, Megan King and Eugene Strassburger affirmed a Monroe County judge’s refusal to compel arbitration, ruling against the defendant Blair Academy in a wrongful death case brought by Ruth DiDonato and the estate of J.D.