Samuel P. “Pat” Black III has agreed to undergo a forensic neurological examination to help determine his mental competency — a key development in the 84-year-old Erie entrepreneur’s protracted litigation against his adopted daughter over his fading business empire.
The daughter, Sumi James-Black, 51, had asked a judge in Erie County Orphans’ Court to undergo the exam to help determine whether Black is mentally fit to pursue the litigation and whether the judge should appoint a guardian to manage his financial affairs.
The hearing on the request was set for March 26 before Judge Joseph M. Walsh III. Before the hearing started, the lawyers for Black and James-Black said they had reached an agreement for Black to get examined…