Cornerstone Family Services, Inc. v. Bureau of Professional & Occupational Affairs

OPINION BY

Senior Judge FLAHERTY.

Before this court are the preliminary objections filed by the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs (Bureau) and the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association (Directors) in response to a declaratory judgment action filed in this court’s original jurisdiction by Cornerstone Family Services, Inc. (Cornerstone). For the reasons that follow, we sustain the preliminary objections.

Cornerstone, a licensed corporation, is in the business of operating cemetery companies. As such, it oversees the operations of its subsidiaries including Riverside Cemetery…