Jules CIAMAICHELO and Rob Stevens, Inc., Appellants,
v.
INDEPENDENCE BLUE CROSS, Appellee.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 19, 2004.
Decided November 21, 2006.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
William E. Hoese, Esq., Denis Francis Sheils, Esq., Jerome M. Marcus, Esq., Gregg W. Mackuse, Esq., David Michael Laigaie, Esq., Jonathan Auerbach, Esq., Michael C. Dell'Angelo, Esq., Gregory P. Miller, Esq., William R. Caroselli, Esq., H. Laddie Montague, Esq., Edward H. Rubenstone, Esq., Joseph C. Kohn, Esq., Philadelphia, for Jules Ciamaichelo and Rob Stevens, Inc.
Melissa J. Lopes, pro hac vice, Dawn M. Touzin, pro hac vice, for amicus curiae Community Catalyst.
Brendan Patrick Lynch, Esq., Jonathan M. Stein, Esq., Richard P. Weishaupt, Esq., Michael J. Campbell, Esq., for amicus curiae Philadelphia Citizens for Children & Youth, et al.
Coleen Mary Meehan, Esq., Joseph J. McAlee, Esq., Joseph R. Podraza, Esq., Maureen Murphy McBride, Esq., Robert J. Donaghy, Esq., Geoffrey R. Johnson, Esq., William H. Lamb, Esq., Richard A. Sprague, Esq., Jay H. Calvert, Esq., James C. Sargent, Esq., Philadelphia, for Independence Blue Cross.
Paul Kevin Brobson, Esq., Jack Mentzer Stover, Esq., for amicus curiae Highmark Inc.
Steven Jeffrey Fram, Esq., for amicus curiae Capital Blue Cross.
Terrance A. Keating, Esq., Jodi A. Beierschmitt, Esq., for amicus curiae M. Diane Koken, PA Ins. Commissioner & The PA Ins. Dept.
Aaron Richard Krauss, Esq., Patricia Sons Biswanger, Esq., John P. Moses, Esq., Patrick J. O'Connor, Esq., Gaele M. Barthold, Esq., Philadelphia, for amicus curiae Hospital Service Assoc. of NE PA d/b/a Blue Cross of NE PA.
BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
Chief Justice CAPPY.*
Appellants Jules Ciamaichelo and Rob Stevens, Inc. commenced a class action against Appellee Independence Blue Cross ("IBC") in the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County on behalf of themselves and other IBC subscribers, policyholders and members. In their Class Action Complaint ("Complaint"), Appellants alleged that IBC violated the Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 ("Non-Profit Law"), 15 Pa.C.S...
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