Nye v. Erie Insurance Exchange

These are consolidated appeals arising out of a class action suit instituted by C. William Nye, Jr. (hereinafter Nye), against Erie Insurance Exchange (hereinafter Erie) and thirty other insurance companies. These appeals were taken respectively from the lower court’s orders dated February 4, 1981, dismissing the complaint as to all of the defendants except Erie (No. 43 Harrisburg 1981), and June 4, 1981 (No. 184 Harrisburg 1981) dismissing the complaint as to Erie. We will address the appeals separately in the order in which they were taken.

Nye is the administrator of the estate of his…