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BAKSALARY v. SMITH

Civ. A. No. 76-429.

579 F.Supp. 218 (1984)

Richard BAKSALARY, William Jones, Morris Tucker, and Charles Samuel Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Paul J. SMITH, C. John Urling, Jr., William J. Sheppard, Grace M. Sloan, The State Workmen's Insurance Fund, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Company, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, The School District of Philadelphia, Bituminous Casualty Corporation, and all other insurance carriers and/or self-insured employers similarly situated, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

February 1, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold I. Goodman (argued), Mark B. Segal, David Rudovsky, Rita L. Bernstein, Community Legal Services, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Robert H. Nuttall (argued), Robert T. Lear, Law Dept., School Dist. of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant School Dist. of Philadelphia.

Henry H. Janssen (argued), Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant Bituminous Cas. Corp.

Christopher J. Pakuris (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Ass'n Ins. Co.

Joseph R. Thompson (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenor Liberty Mut. Ins. Co.

Leroy S. Zimmerman, Debra K. Wallet (argued), Allen C. Warshaw, Harrisburg, Pa., for "Commonwealth" defendants Paul J. Smith, C. John Urling, Jr., William J. Sheppard, and Grace M. Sloan.

William C. Steppacher (argued), State Workmen's Ins. Fund, Scranton, Pa., for defendant State Workmen's Ins. Fund.

Robert G. Hanna, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey & Warner, P.A., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant American Mut. Liability Ins. Co.

Before ADAMS, Circuit Judge, and GREEN and POLLAK, District Judges.

OPINION

LOUIS H. POLLAK, District Judge.

I.

Plaintiffs initiated this action in 1976, challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of the Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Act, Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 77, §§ 1-1031 (Purdon 1952 and Supp.1982). In particular, plaintiffs allege that the "automatic supersedeas" provision of section 413 of the Act, Pa.Stat.Ann. tit. 77, § 774 (Purdon Supp.1982), permits employers and insurers...

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