WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court will now consider whether or not it is constitutional for out-of-state companies to accept jurisdiction under Pennsylvania law as a mandate for doing business in the Commonwealth, an outcome sure to have tremendous ramifications on litigation both statewide and nationwide.
HARRISBURG – After a recent ruling from a divided Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, medical malpractice lawsuit juries are now permitted to consider both direct and circumstantial evidence.
HARRISBURG – In a significant decision sure to have tremendous import, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held in a recent decision that the state’s consent-by-registration rules are unconstitutional, and could not be used to establish personal jurisdiction.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s newest justice will be Commonwealth Court Judge P. Kevin Brobson, who narrowly defeated Superior Court Judge Maria McLaughlin in the appellate court elections on Tuesday.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has unanimously decided that a trial witness may be accompanied by a “comfort dog” on the stand, if that action both leads to truthful testimony and minimizes harm to a defendant.
HARRISBURG – In a case of first impression, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has handed down a ruling which may ease plaintiffs’ recovery of damages against the owners of related corporations, and simultaneously, make it more difficult for those same businesses to protect their assets in future litigation.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that sexual abuse claims brought by an Altoona woman against her local Catholic Church diocese will remain time-barred, despite the issuance of a grand jury report in 2016 which confirmed a series of other abuse allegations levied against her assailant.
HARRISBURG – A state Supreme Court majority ruled that a New Jersey attorney permitted to practice law in Pennsylvania and who failed to disclose his disciplinary history on an application, will lose his license for three years.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the Commonwealth cannot dodge liability through the real estate exception to sovereign immunity, in cases where its negligent design and construction created a defective and dangerous condition, and later caused injury.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania almost unanimously sided with natural gas companies in finding that State Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s office can’t target practices connected to the leasing of mineral rights, under the auspices of the Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Law.
HARRISBURG – A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the concept of specific jurisdiction in 2017 did not guide the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, when it affirmed a $12.85 million damages award in a pelvic mesh injury matter against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary.
HARRISBURG – In a major victory for state Democrat officials, a 4-3 decision of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has given the Pennsylvania Democratic Party its requested three-day extension to count mail-in ballots and approved the use of drop-box locations apart from official polling places.
HARRISBURG – A 3-2 split of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center psychiatric facility had a duty to warn a teenage student that her life was in danger from one of its residents.
HARRISBURG – On Nov. 20, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Western District determined that employers cannot use a fluctuating work week (FWW) method to calculate overtime for nonexempt, salaried employees.
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and other defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit over a failed liver transplant in 2003 will have to fight that litigation after a sharply split Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out a seven-year time bar.
PHILADELPHIA – A renewed debate over the rules governing venue for medical malpractice litigation statewide was sparked over a letter written to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania late last year, asking the body to re-examine the issue. It’s a letter the public may never see.
HARRISBURG – Where it had first been seen as a surprise that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania was considering reversing course on where medical malpractice lawsuits can be filed, it was recently revealed just where the inspiration to reconsider the policy came from.
PHILADELPHIA – Justices from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania warned of the possibility of “junk science” interjecting its way into product liability lawsuits, if juries were tasked with the specific assignment of defendant damages through the Fair Share Act.
HARRISBURG – The state Supreme Court has unanimously agreed to a request from the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to disbar former Washington County Common Pleas Judge Paul Michael Pozonsky.
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