Legal Opinion
Sharkus v. Blue Cross of Greater Phila.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 2, 1981No. 79PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.
On July 31, 1973, appellants, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, filed a class action complaint in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia against Blue Cross of Greater Philadelphia (Blue Cross) and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital (Jefferson) and other similarly situated hospitals. On September 15, 1977, the court sustained defendants’ preliminary objections to plaintiffs’ amended complaint on the grounds that it was not a proper class action and that plaintiffs had failed to join certain “indispensable…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Buchanan v. Brentwood Federal Savings & Loan Assoc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Klemow v. Time IncorporatedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Columbia Gas Transmission Corp. v. Diamond Fuel Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education & the Hospital Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Metropolitan Hospital ex rel. Themselves v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
3Cited by21 opinions
- Sacred Heart Health Systems, Inc. v. Humana Military Healthcare Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2010
- Ojalvo v. Board of TrusteesOhio Supreme Court · 1984
- Janicik v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- D'AMELIO v. Blue Cross of Lehigh ValleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Kelly v. County of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
16 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.