#1 Judicial Hellhole Continues to Expand Liability for Business
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the current #1 Judicial Hellhole, continued to worsen the state’s civil justice climate with yet another
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Good News from Pennsylvania High Court: Statute of Repose Applies to Asbestos Claims
In deciding not to hear a plaintiff’s appeal, Pennsylvania’s high court has upheld application the state’s 12-year statute of repose to asbestos claims
Points of LightPA High Court Embraces Negligent Design Defect; Invites New Run on Reforming Philly Courts
Perhaps inviting a new stampede of speculative and opportunistic litgation on the courts of the former #1 Judicial Hellhole, Philadelphia, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week ruled in Lance v. Wyeth that pharmaceutical companies can now be held liable for “negligent design defect” — a theory of liability not previously available to plaintiffs in the Keystone State
Judicial Hellholes, UncategorizedEven in Philadelphia, ‘Progress Is Possible’
Medical liability reforms undertaken in Pennsylvania last decade have had the intended effect of reducing the number of meritless lawsuits, particularly in Philadelphia, and broader progress in other areas of tort law now seems possible, too
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