
    PIONEER COMMERCIAL FUNDING CORP. and Bank One, Texas, N.A., v. AMERICAN FINANCIAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Thomas F. Flatley, Norwest Funding, Inc., and Corestates Bank, N.A., Petition of Corestates Bank, N.A.
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    Dec. 2, 2003.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 2nd day of December, 2003, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, limited to the following issues:

1.Whether an action for conversion can be used to circumvent Section 4A502 of the UCC, 13 Pa.C.S. § 4A205; and, if so, whether CoreS-tates satisfied the common-law elements for a valid setoff.
2. Whether Pioneer should have acted pursuant to the adverse claim statute, as set forth in Section 606 of the Banking Code.
3. Whether consequential damages are available for a wrongful setoff.
4. Whether punitive damages were available in this case.
5. Whether Pioneer lack a valid security interest in the funds.

The Application by Petitioner for Leave to Permit Prothonotary to Distribute Clarifying Letter to the Court filed on December 30, 2002 is GRANTED. Also, the Application by Petitioner for Leave to Permit Prothonotary to Distribute Clarifying Letter to the Court filed on August 9, 2002 and the Application for Leave to Permit Prothonotary to Distribute the Attached Opinion to the Court are DENIED.

Justice WILLIAM H. LAMB did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.  