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SHARKUS v. BLUE CROSS OF GREATER PHILA.

494 Pa. 336 (1981)

431 A.2d 883

Martha R. SHARKUS and John A. Sharkus and Francis Riloff, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. BLUE CROSS OF GREATER PHILADELPHIA and Thomas Jefferson University, Individually and t/a Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Individually and on behalf of all hospitals similarly situated.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 2, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Lowenschuss, William D. Parry, Philadelphia, for appellants.

James A. Young, Grant Sprecher, Philadelphia, for Thomas Jefferson University.

Jay H. Calvert, Jr., Thea Duell, Philadelphia, for Blue Cross.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Chief Justice.

On July 31, 1973, appellants, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, filed a class action complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia against Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia (Blue Cross) and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Jefferson) and other similarly situated hospitals. On September 15, 1977, the court sustained defendants' preliminary objections to plaintiffs...

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