Alderman Drugs, Inc. v. Metropolitan Life Insurance

The plaintiffs filed a class action seeking a declaratory judgment that the defendant’s proposed amendment to a contract between them was void, as was defendant’s termination of members of plaintiff class; that defendant was required to bargain in good faith and that all members of plaintiff class were entitled to recover damages. The trial court, while stating that the proposed amendment was void, granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint. We find that the complaint stated a cause of action and reverse.

The plaintiffs are two individual drug companies, Alderman Drugs, Inc.…