MURPHY v. Bradley

Opinion by

Judge Barry,

This is an appeal brought by various employees of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (appellants) from an order of Judge John A. Cherry sitting as a visiting judge of that court. Judge Cherrys order entered judgment in favor of the defendant as against all of the plaintiffs. The plaintiffs appealing the order are court employees who work in the prothonotary’s office of Philadelphia County.

The pertinent factual scenario giving rise to the plaintiffs complaint began in 1973. In that year the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County was reorganized for the…