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ELKIN v. BELL TEL. CO. OF PENNSYLVANIA

491 Pa. 123 (1980)

420 A.2d 371

Irving ELKIN, Assignee of Studio Photographers, Inc. of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. The BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Brodie, Vincent J. Fumo, Philadelphia County, for appellant.

Jerome J. Shestack, Philadelphia County, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This litigation began on December 7, 1971. Studio Photographers, Inc. (Studio), assignor to Irving Elkin, the appellant, filed a four-count complaint in trespass in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County against the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania (Bell), appellee. The first count alleged Bell negligently failed to furnish Studio "reasonable, rapid and efficient service" with respect to three wide-area telephone service...

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