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WERTZ v. CHAPMAN TP.

559 Pa. 630 (1999)

741 A.2d 1272

Sherry WERTZ, Appellant, v. CHAPMAN TOWNSHIP; Chapman Township Supervisors; Robert Walizer; Dean Scott; and Robert Young, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Dohrmann, Williamsport, for Sherry Wertz.

Anthony R. Sherr, Blue Bell, for Chapman, et al.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

We granted allocatur to address an issue to which this court has not spoken. Specifically, we shall consider whether a plaintiff seeking monetary damages under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act ("PHRA")1 is entitled to a trial by jury. For the reasons stated more fully below, we find that a plaintiff is not entitled to a jury trial for claims arising...

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