Behrend v. Bell Telephone Co.

JACOBS, Judge:

We are here concerned with an individual’s recovery of compensatory and punitive damages against the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, hereinafter referred to as Bell, for the omission of his name from both the telephone directories distributed by Bell and the directory assistance operators’ lists, and for the disruption of his telephone service. We will reverse and remand for a new trial.

Kenneth W. Behrend, the appellee, was an attorney practicing in Allegheny County in partnership with another attorney, Mark B. Aronson, at all times relevant to this appeal. In 1966 he…