Recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decisions provide evidence that the pendulum is shifting toward a more liberal, plaintiff-oriented bent that was anticipated with the still-recent election of additional justices to the court to join those other justices on the court of the same bent.

This movement of the pendulum is perhaps most evident in two cases in which the court overturned years of jurisprudence and expanded the potential liability of governmental entities in personal injury matters.

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