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Publication Date: 2024-01-29
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | E-Commerce | Manufacturing
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Dubow
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Case Number: 2356 EDA 2022
Trial court properly transferred appellants' products liability/strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty action to Bucks county, where appellants resided, because there was no evidence demonstrating that manufacturer's contacts with Philadelphia county were continuous, habitual, or regular. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-01-08
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Manufacturing | Retail
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Mundy
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Case Number: 18 EAP 2022
Trial court correctly barred manufacturer/retailer from submitting evidence of industry/government safety standards in design defect strict products liability case where such evidence was relevant to a manufacturer's conduct, while a design defect case focused solely on the characteristics of a product. Order of the superior court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Health Care | Non-Profit
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Stabile
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Case Number: 111 EDA 2022
Defendants were entitled to JNOV on claim for future medical expenses or noneconomic losses where plaintiffs' experts' failed to use a generally accepted scientific methodology to determine that plaintiff's chronic illness was caused by exposure to disinfectant spray manufactured/used by defendants. Orders of the trial court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2023-12-11
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Consumer Products | Manufacturing
Court: Supreme Court
Judge: Justice Dougherty
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Case Number: 14 EAP 2022
Trial court erred in concluding corporation did not regularly conduct business in a venue based solely on the percentage of the corporation's national sales that occurred in the venue, where corporation regularly distributed products through authorized dealers located in the venue. Order of the superior court affirmed.
Publication Date: 2023-12-11
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Electronics | Insurance | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Hodge
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Case Number: 23-1022
Court declined to remand case based on citizenship of non-parties to the action despite related case involving those parties being filed in state court. Plaintiff's motion to remand and consolidate denied, defendant's motion to transfer venue granted.
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Publication Date: 2023-10-02
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: E-Commerce | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Dodge
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Case Number: 2:21-805
Defendant moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's strict liability, negligence and breach of warranty action over the collapse of a ladder while he was using it and court found plaintiff's liability expert's testimony was sufficiently reliable and genuine issues of material fact existed as to whether ladder was defective at the time of sale, whether defendant's quality control procedures met the expected standard of care and as to how the ladder was set up. Motion denied.
Publication Date: 2023-09-04
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Younge
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Case Number: 18-cv-3584-JMY
Wrongful death claims under Jones Act failed where decedent left no qualifying surviving family members to give decedent's personal representative standing to pursue claims. Defendants' motion to dismiss granted.
Publication Date: 2023-08-28
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Construction | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Wilson
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Case Number: 1: 20-CV-00640
Court found defendant failed to plead a plausible claim for indemnity against third-party defendant installer in light of trial court's determination that defendant was liable to plaintiff for strict liability and breach of implied warranty of merchantability in action over failure of defendant's valves in plaintiff's sewer system. Motion granted.
Publication Date: 2023-07-10
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Electronics | Manufacturing | Non-Profit
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Gallagher
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Case Number: 5:22-cv-02600-JMG
Defendant waived challenge to personal jurisdiction by failing to raise the issue in its first motion to dismiss challenging service of process, where the facts necessary to challenge personal jurisdiction were known to defendant. Defendant's motion to dismiss denied.
Publication Date: 2023-06-26
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Chemicals and Materials | Manufacturing
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
Judge: District Judge Conti
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Case Number: 1:17-1110
Supplier of asbestos-containing machinery was entitled to government contractor immunity where its pumps and accompanying written materials and warnings had to comply with the Navy's precise specifications and the manufacturer did not have a superior knowledge of the hazards of asbestos exposure. Defendant's motion for summary judgment granted.
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