PECHNER, DORFMAN, ETC. v. PA. INS. DEPT.


499 Pa. 139 (1982)

452 A.2d 230

PECHNER, DORFMAN, WOLFFE, ROUNICK AND CABOT, Appellants, v. PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, et al., Appellees. John NAGLE and Yonish Trucking, Inc., Appellants, v. PENNSYLVANIA INSURANCE DEPARTMENT, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard Schaeffer, Stanley A. Uhr, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Hannah Leavitt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for Ins. Dept.

Thomas R. Balaban, William R. Balaban, Harrisburg, for Coal Mine Comp. Rating Bureau, et al.

Robert J. Demer, Harrisburg, for appellees.

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


OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

These are consolidated appeals of Commonwealth Court orders disposing of numerous preliminary objections raised by appellees in opposition to petitions for review filed by appellants.1 Appellants are coal haulers,2 who, under the Workmen's Compensation Act,3 are required to purchase black lung disease...

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