Legal Opinion

Alan R. v. Kemper National Insurance Companies

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 8, 1996No. 3112PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HUDOCK, Judge:

In this appeal we must decide whether Appellants have standing to assert a cause of action against Appellee insurance companies for an alleged violation of the Uniform Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL) and negligent misrepresentation. Finding that Appellants are not “aggrieved persons” and thus lack standing, we affirm the trial court’s order which sustained Appellees’ preliminary objections and dismissed Appellants’ bilateral class action complaint.

Appellants, three married couples who reside in Pennsylvania and purchased automobile insurance policies from…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Standard Venetian Blind Co. v. American Empire InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Feingold v. Bell of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Firing v. KephartSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Dercoli v. Pennsylvania National Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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3Cited by32 opinions

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  3. Weisblatt v. Minnesota Mutual Life InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. BarberSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Walter v. Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Health SystemSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005

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