Delores Scott SULLIVAN; William Battle; Anthony Cancila; Charles Matthews; Christopher Costello; Lisa Lex; Susan Hansen, On Their Own Behalf and on Behalf of All Similarly Situated Class Plaintiffs; Philadelphia Area Project On Occupational Safety and Health; The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3, AFL-CIO,
v.
Robert BARNETT, Secretary of Labor and Industry for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Frank Beal, Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers Compensation; Constance B. Foster, Insurance Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Catherine Baker Knoll, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; John P. O'Malley, Director, State Workers' Insurance Fund; American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company; Cigna Corporation; Continental Casualty Company; USF&G Insurance Company; Zurich American Insurance Company; School District of Philadelphia; Johnny J. Butler, Secretary of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Richard A. Himler, Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers Compensation; Commercial Union Insurance Company; Donegal Mutual Insurance Company; Delores Scott Sullivan, William Battle, Louis Baumgartner, Anthony Cancila, William C. Dillon, Terrence Ervine, Charles Matthews, Christopher Costello, Lisa Lex, Susan Hansen, Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health and Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Appellants.
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Argued September 11, 1997.
Decided March 13, 1998.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Lorrie McKinley (Argued), McKinley & Vonier, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Delores Scott Sullivan, William Battle, Anthony Cancila, Louis Baumgartner and Class Plaintiffs.
Alan B. Epstein, Jablon, Epstein, Wolf & Drucker, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Charles Matthews, Christopher Costello, Lisa Lex, Terrence Ervine, William C. Dillon, Susan Hansen, and Class Plaintiffs.
Thomas J. O'Brien, Galfand, Berger, Lurie, Brigham, Jacobs, Swan & Jurewicz, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant Philadelphia Area Project on Occupational Safety and Health.
Linda M. Martin, Ralph Teti, Willig, Williams & Davidson, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellant/Intervenor The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers Local 3, AFL-CIO.
D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General, Susan J. Forney (Argued), Senior Deputy Attorney General, Calvin R. Koons, Senior Deputy Attorney General, John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Chief, Litigation Section, Office of the Attorney General of Pennsylvania, Department of Justice, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees Robert Barnett, Secretary of Labor and Industry for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Frank Beal, Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers Compensation; Constance B. Foster, Insurance Commissioner for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Catherine Baker Knoll, Treasurer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; John P. O'Malley, Director, State Workers' Insurance Fund; Johnny Butler, Secretary of Labor and Industry of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Richard A. Himler, Director of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers Compensation.
Arthur Makadon, Robert McL. Boote (Argued), Burt M. Rublin, Cecelia E. Henry, Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance Company, CIGNA Corporation, Continental Casualty Company, USF & G Insurance Company, Zurich American Insurance Company, Commonwealth Union Insurance Company.
Patricia F. Kerelo, Jan M. Ritchie, Schubert, Bellwoar, Cahill & Quinn, Philadelphia, PA, Stephen J. Springer, Jeffrey D. Hutton, Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, PA, Pamela Tobin, Labrum and Doak, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee, School District of Philadelphia.
Robert E. Kelly, Jr., Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellee Donegal Mutual Insurance Company.
Mark F. Horning, Shannen W. Coffin, Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Washington, DC, Craig A. Berrington, Bruce C. Wood, American Insurance Association, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae American Insurance Association.
Michael W. Jones, Michael I. Levin & Associates, Huntingdon Valley, PA, for Amici Curiae School Boards Association Insurance Trust and Pennsylvania Pooled Risk Insurance for Municipal Entities Workers' Compensation Trust.
Before: MANSMANN, NYGAARD and GARTH, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
GARTH, Circuit Judge:
The issue we must address on this appeal is whether Pennsylvania's Workers' Compensation Act, 77 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 531(5) and (6) (West Supp.1997), which provides for the supersedeas of an employee's medical benefits without prior notice or an opportunity to be heard, violates the requisites of procedural due process. We hold that it does. Accordingly, we reverse.
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