BEHREND v. BELL TELE. CO.


242 Pa.Super. 47 (1976)

363 A.2d 1152

Kenneth W. BEHREND et al. v. The BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY of Pennsylvania, a corporation, Appellant, and the Reuben H. Donnelley Corporation, a corporation. Kenneth W. BEHREND v. The BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY of Pennsylvania, a corporation, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 27, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Tucker, Jr., Donald P. Eriksen, Tucker, Arensberg & Ferguson, Pittsburgh, Jerome J. Shestack, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, for appellant.

James E. Beasley, Jeffrey M. Stopford, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


JACOBS, Judge:

We are here concerned with an individual's recovery of compensatory and punitive damages against the Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, hereinafter referred to as Bell, for the omission of his name from both the telephone directories distributed by Bell and the directory assistance operators' lists, and for the disruption of his telephone service. We will reverse and remand for a new trial.

Kenneth W. Behrend, the appellee, was an attorney...

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