Opinion
2014-01-30
Christina GRIMES, Respondent v. ENTERPRISE LEASING COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, Petitioner.
Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, No. 488 MAL 2013.
Prior report: Pa.Super., 66 A.3d 330.
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 30th day of January, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:
1. Whether the Superior Court erred when it held that a private plaintiff who alleges deceptive conduct under the UTPCPL's “catch-all” provision, 73 P.S. § 201–2(4)(xxi), need not allege and prove justifiable reliance, contrary to the decisions of this Court, earlier decisions of the Superior Court, and federal decisions construing the UTPCPL.
2. Whether the Superior Court erred when it held that a plaintiff may satisfy the UTPCPL's “ascertainable loss” requirement by voluntarily hiring an attorney and allegedly incurring litigation costs to challenge allegedly wrongful conduct, even where, as here, the plaintiff paid no money to the defendant as a result of that conduct.