Legal Opinion

Engle v. West Penn Power Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 25, 1987No. 01722PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

This is an appeal from an interlocutory order granted by permission by Superior Court to the appellant/defendant, West Penn Power Company. See Pa.R.App.P. 312; 42 Pa.C.S. § 702(b).

The record discloses that in November of 1985 the plaintiffs John H. Engle, William R. Engle and William C. Engle, t/d/b/a Engle’s Holiday Harbor, a partnership, sought certification as representatives of a class in excess of fifty members whose property suffered damages due to the defendant’s alleged negligence in the operation of its Lake Lynn hydro-electric dam on the Cheat River in West Virginia.

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2Cases cited27 opinions

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Engle v. West Penn Power Co.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Hendricks v. Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 2001
  3. Sherr v. South Carolina Electric & Gas Co.District Court, D. South Carolina · 2016
  4. Minatronics Corp. v. Buchanan Ingersoll P.C., Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County1996
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