Cavanaugh v. Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp.

MONTGOMERY, Judge:

This is an appeal from an order denying class certification. The Plaintiff-Appellant contends that the lower court abused its discretion in denying a request for a continuance of the class certification hearing date. Further, the Plain tiff contends that the action should have been certified as a class action because sufficient evidence was presented to satisfy the class action requirements of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure. After careful review, we conclude that the lower court erred in denying the request for a continuance of the certification hearing under the…