PITTSBURGH HISTORY FOUNDATION v. ZIEGLER

Nos. 53 WAP 2017, 54 WAP 2017.

200 A.3d 58 (2019)

PITTSBURGH HISTORY AND LANDMARKS FOUNDATION, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation; Landmarks Financial Corporation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation; Henry P. Hoffstot, Jr.; David E. Barensfeld; Peter H. Stephaich; Patrick R. Wallace; Alexander Speyer; and Henry P. Hoffstot, III v. Arthur P. ZIEGLER, Jr.; Mark S. Bibro; Jack R. Norris; Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation; and Landmarks Financial Corporation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation Appeal of: Arthur P. Ziegler Jr., Mark S. Bibro, Jack R. Norris, Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation and Landmarks Financial Corporation Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation; Landmarks Financial Corporation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation; Henry P. Hoffstot, Jr.; David E. Barensfeld; Peter H. Stephaich; Patrick R. Wallace; Alexander Speyer; and Henry P. Hoffstot, III v. Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr.; Mark S. Bibro; Jack R. Norris; Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation; and Landmarks Financial Corporation, a Pennsylvania Non-Profit Corporation Appeal of: Henry P. Hoffstot, Jr.; David E. Barensfeld; Peter H. Stephaich; Patrick R. Wallace; Alexander Speyer; and Henry P. Hoffstot, III

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: January 23, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary P. Hunt , Jeremy Victor Farrell , Richard B. Tucker, III , Tucker Arensberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, PA, for Arthur P. Ziegler, Jr., et al., Designated Appellant.

Walter P. DeForest, Pittsburgh, PA, pro se.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

Before this Court are questions involving the applicability of the attorney-client privilege in a corporate derivative action lawsuit brought by former board members of two nonprofit corporations against current board members. As explained more fully herein, we respectfully reject, for purposes...

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