A proposed 3,000-member class action against the chief law clerks of most of Pennsylvania’s Courts of Common Pleas is on pause for now after the Commonwealth Court dismissed two school districts’ claims that 52 prothonotaries were overcharging political subdivisions.

The April 29 order from Judge Patricia McCullough sustained preliminary objections from the clerks and dismissed Chester Upland and Chichester School Districts’ amended petition without prejudice. King of Prussia attorney Marc Zaid of the Zaid Law Office, representing the school districts, said his clients will likely file another amended petition after they conduct more discovery to address the factual shortcomings the court found in their allegations.

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