FISCHER v. MADWAY


336 Pa.Super. 289 (1984)

485 A.2d 809

Abraham FISCHER and Mae Fischer, his wife, Marjorie Garfield, Irene B. Klein, Aaron Paull and Mary Paull, his wife, Alan P. West and Hallye A. West, his wife, and All Persons Similarly Situated v. Harry K. MADWAY, Sam Madway, Ralph K. Madway and Jacob Margolis, Individually & Trading as Madway Engineers and Constructors, a/k/a Green Hill in Lower Merion; Madway Engineers and Constructors, a/k/a Green Hill in Lower Merion; David Altman, Morris Ockman, Daniel J. Keating, Jr. and Herman Shore, Co-Partners Trading as Green Hill Limited Partnership; Robert S. Blank and Jeffrey C. Blank, Co-Partners Trading as CDR Green Hill and CDR Green Hill, a Limited Partnership. Appeal of Samuel SOBLE, Joseph E. Biben, William Packel, Michael Fagan, Eli A. Levy, Henrietta F. Ritt, David M. Levy, Helen M. Rosen, Ruth Karabell, Doris L. Brenner Sostman and Bess Hoffman.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 14, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack M. Bernard, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Stanley A. Uhr, Philadelphia, for Fischer, etc., appellees.

Richard M. Rosenbleeth, Philadelphia, for Madway, etc., appellees.

Before WICKERSHAM, WIEAND and LIPEZ, JJ.


WIEAND, Judge:

In this appeal from an order approving settlement of a class action, eleven objectors1 contend (1) that the notice of the proposed settlement contained inadequate information, and (2) that the trial court abused its discretion by approving the proposed settlement. We find no merit in these contentions and, accordingly, affirm the order of the trial court.

Plaintiffs,2 representing a class...

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