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IN RE PAOLI R.R. YARD PCB LITIGATION

137 Pa.Commw. 220 (1991)

585 A.2d 608

In re PAOLI RAILROAD YARD PCB LITIGATION. Appeal of PCB LITIGATION.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marguerite R. Goodman, with her, Joseph C. Kohn and Robert L. Binder, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, P.C, and Arnold E. Cohen, Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Michael H. Malin, White and Williams, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Robert A. Sutton, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.

Before PALLADINO and PELLEGRINI, JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Appellants (class-action plaintiffs) appeal an Order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas granting the Appellees' (defendants) Joint Petition for Transfer of Venue to Chester County pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens as provided by Pa.R.C.P. 1006(d)(1).

Class-action plaintiffs, approximately two hundred seventy-three current and former railroad employees and current and former nearby residents, filed civil...

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