Bronstein v. Sheppard

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

Invoking our original jurisdiction pursuant to Section 761 of the Judicial Code (Code), 42 Pa. C.S. §761, Ellen Bronstein (petitioner), by petition for review characterized as one in the nature of a complaint in equity attacks the use by Massachusetts Indemnity- and Life Insurance Company (Massachusetts) of sex as a basis for determining premiums for life insurance. Petitioner alleges that Massachusetts and the class of insurers which sell disability insurance in Pennsylvania have unlawfully1 discriminated against *201her and other female policyholders of…