A proposed class action of former Philadelphia property owners entitled to excess funds after their properties were sold at sheriff’s sales was rejected by a Philadelphia judge because he said the property owners already have a remedy to regain their property.
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Gary S. Glazer denied class certification because he said the proposed class had not shown that a class action was a fair and efficient method to vindicate the former property owners’ interests, nor that the class was so numerous to make a class action a better option than individual remedies, nor that the putative class representative was adequate to represent the proposed class, nor that the putative class representative was typical of the proposed class.
