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BALL v. BAYARD PUMP & TANK CO., INC.

Nos. 18 MAP 2011, 19 MAP 2011

67 A.3d 759 (2013)

Susan B. Fralick BALL, Larry G. Comisak, Kathryn S. Comisak, Richard Cowhig, Caren Cowhig, Florence Dahm, on Behalf of Herself and the Estate of Edward Dahm, Christine Fisher, Warren Fisher, Barbara A. Frankl, David Glass, Elaine Glass, Jared Glass, Alma R. Jacobs, on Behalf of Herself and the Estate of J. Alexander Jacobs, Eugene Katz, Lenore Katz, Sun E. Kim, Joan Kuch, on Behalf of Herself and the Estate of Leonard Kuch, John McCarry, Marybeth McCarry, Jonathan McCarry, Matthew McCarry, Patrick McCarry, James J. Moore, III, Patricia G. Moore, Louis Nicolai, Bruce Nichols, Beatrice Nichols, Richard K. Oberholtzer, Wendy Oberholtzer, Megan Oberholtzer, Taylor Oberholtzer, Richard H. Shepherd, Jr., Wendie Steffens, Mark Steffens, Payton Thurman, Joan Thurman, D. Jean Tisdall, Susan Walsh, Kurt Weidenhammer, Debbie Weidenhammer, Karen Weidenhammer, Maryann Wrubel, Metro J. Wrubel and Todd Wrubel v. BAYARD PUMP & TANK CO., INC., Gulf Oil Limited Partnership, E.O. Habhegger Co., Inc., Titeflex Corporation, Veeder-Root Co., Wagner and T.F.W., Inc. v. Marley Pump Company and Containment Technologies Corporation. Appeal of Marley Pump Company, Veeder-Root Co., E.O. Habhegger Co. and Bayard Pump & Tank Co., Inc. Susan B. Fralick Ball, Larry G. Comisak, Kathryn S. Comisak, Richard Cowhig, Caren Cowhig, Florence Dahm, on Behalf of Herself and the Estate of Edward Dahm, Christine Fisher, Warren Fisher, Barbara A. Frankl, David Glass, Elaine Glass, Jared Glass, Alma R. Jacobs, on Behalf of Herself and The Estate of J. Alexander Jacobs, Eugene Katz, Lenore Katz, Sun E. Kim, Joan Kuch, On Behalf of Herself and the Estate of Leonard Kuch, John McCarry, Marybeth McCarry, Jonathan McCarry, Matthew McCarry, Patrick McCarry, James J. Moore, III, Patricia G. Moore, Louis Nicolai, Bruce Nichols, Beatrice Nichols, Richard K. Oberholtzer, Wendy Oberholtzer, Megan Oberholtzer, Taylor Oberholtzer, Richard H. Shepherd, Jr., Wendie Steffens, Mark Steffens, Payton Thurman, Joan Thurman, D. Jean Tisdall, Susan Walsh, Kurt Weidenhammer, Debbie Weidenhammer, Karen Weidenhammer, Maryann Wrubel, Metro J. Wrubel and Todd Wrubel v. Bayard Pump & Tank Co., Inc., Gulf Oil Limited Partnership, E.O. Habhegger Co., Inc., Titeflex Corporation, Veeder-Root Co., Wagner and T.F.W., Inc. v. Marley Pump Company and Containment Technologies Corporation. Appeal of Gulf Oil Limited Partnership and Thomas F. Wagner and Thomas F. Wagner, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 28, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Lehman , Archer & Greiner, P.C., Robert C. Pugh , Kane, Pugh, Knoell, Troy & Kramer, L.L.P., Donald J. Martin , Norristown, for Gulf Oil L.P., Appellant.

John Mattioni , Mattioni, Ltd., Philadelphia, for Wagner and T.F.W., Inc., Appellant.

Robert Douglas Billet , Billet & Connor, P.C., Philadelphia, for Titeflex Corporation, Appellee.

Joseph Michael Cincotta , Philadelphia, for Containment Technologies Corporation, Appellee.

Brendan K. Collins , David Pittinsky , Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, L.L.P., Philadelphia, for Fralick Ball, et al., Susan B., Appellee.

Audrey J. Copeland , Kimberley Jan Woodie , Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C., King of Prussia, for E.O. Habhegger Co., Inc., Appellee.

William Joseph D'Annunzio , Kathryn Ann Dux , Philadelphia, German, Gallagher & Murtagh, P.C., David R. Erickson , Dean F. Murtagh , Philadelphia, Paul Williams , Philadelphia, for Marley Pump Company, Appellee.

Thomas C. DeLorenzo , Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C., Philadelphia, for Veeder Root Company, Appellee.

Jeanine A. Hillesland , for Bayard Pump & Tank Company, Inc., Appellee.

BEFORE: CASTILLE (CJ), SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

We are called upon here to determine whether the Superior Court erred in holding that the trial court abused its discretion in ordering a separate trial of the claims of four test-case, or "bellwether" plaintiffs, from among the 45 plaintiffs in this case. For the reasons set forth herein, we conclude that the Superior Court erred.

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