Legal Opinion

Sullivan v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 13, 1979No. Appeal, No. 2734 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Andrew and Edward Sullivan (petitioners) appeal here from an order of the Insurance Commissioner (Commissioner) which dismissed their complaint against the Pacific Indemnity Company (Pacific).

The petitioners are associated obstetricians and gynecologists licensed to practice medicine in Pennsylvania, and in 1975, while they held a medical malpractice policy issued by Pacific, the Insurance Service1 filed a proposal to increase medical malpractice rates by approximately 250 percent. This rate filing *13was disapproved by tbe Commissioner in 1976 after a formal bearing on tbe…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pennsylvania Coal Mining Ass'n v. Insurance DepartmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Brendley v. Pennsylvania Department of Labor & IndustryCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  2. North Cambria Fuel Co. v. Department of Environmental ResourcesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  3. Medley Investors, Ltd. v. LewisDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  4. Harveys Lake Borough Taxpayers Ass'n v. Harveys Lake Borough Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. In re the State Employees' Ass'n of New Hampshire, Inc.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1985

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