A Pennsylvania judge is defending his finding that a nationwide motorcycle club should not have faced liability over a fatal bar brawl that led to a nearly $10 million verdict last year.

Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Kenneth Powell issued a 32-page opinion last week outlining his reasoning for granting compulsory non-suit to the Iron Order Motorcycle Club, which had been facing liability in connection with the 2015 bar brawl that left Tonya M. Focht dead. Powell’s decision to let the club out of the case Bollinger v. Iron Order Motorcycle Club is currently on appeal to the state Superior Court.