MURPHY v. HARLEYSVILLE MUT. INS. CO.


282 Pa.Super. 244 (1980)

422 A.2d 1097

Frank P. MURPHY, Individually and as Representative of all those similarly situated male, insured residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and as a Representative of all similarly situated unmarried, insured residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and as a Representative of all similarly situated residents of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania under age 30, Appellants, v. HARLEYSVILLE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, Individually and as Representative of all those automobile insurance carriers doing business in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 7, 1980.

Reargument Denied February 10, 1981.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal Denied May 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Murphy, Norristown, and Bernard V. DiGiacomo, Norristown, for appellants.

James J. McCabe, Jr., Philadelphia, and William H. Pugh, IV, Norristown, for appellees.

Before PRICE, WATKINS and HOFFMAN, JJ.


PRICE, Judge:

The instant appeal is from the order by the trial court sustaining appellee's preliminary objections to appellant's complaint in assumpsit. Finding no error, we affirm.

On June 20, 1979, appellant, an attorney, brought a class action suit on behalf of himself and all other parties similarly situated alleging discrimination in the setting of automobile insurance rates by appellee and all other providers of automobile insurance in the Commonwealth...

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