KANE v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CAS. CO.


841 A.2d 1038 (2003)

William KANE and Dorothy Kane, his wife, William Mellinger, Noel Weiss, Michael Foster and Merrilee Foster, his wife, Keith McCall, Epiphaniana Beckham, Adnan Jaffar, Michael Raffaele and Margaret Muller, Vincent Carcia and Christine Carcia, his wife, James Miller and Elizabeth Miller, His Wife, on their own behalf and as representatives of similarly situated persons, Appellants, v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Allstate Insurance Company, Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company, Ace American Insurance Company, Ace Fire Underwriters Insurance Company, Markel American Insurance Company, One Beacon Insurance d/b/a Pennsylvania General Insurance Company, Keystone Insurance Company and Erie Insurance Company, Appellees.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 22, 2003.

Reargument Denied March 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Wheeler, Philadelphia and Joseph A. Zenstein, Jenkintown, for appellants.

Mark J. Levin, Philadelphia, for Allstate.

Moira C. Duggan, Philadelphia, for Keystone Insurance.

Before: TODD, GRACI, and TAMILIA, JJ.


TODD, J.

¶ 1 In this class action,1 Appellants, who are home owner's insurance policy holders and who have sued on their own behalf and as representatives of classes of similarly situated persons, ask us to review the order entered in the Berks County Court of Common Pleas sustaining the preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Appellee insurers. We affirm in part...

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