CLIENT ADVISORY PENNSYLVANIA CLIENT ADVISORY Pennsylvania Supreme Court upholds preclusion of evidence of a product liability defendant’s compliance with industry and governmental safety standards. In a much-anticipated decision, Sullivan v. Werner Company, No. 18 EAP 2022 (Pa. Dec. 22, 2023), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that product liability defendants
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary London-Walker v. Walgreens Family of Cos. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 179610 Decided: October 4, 2023 Under Pennsylvania law, service of original process cannot be accomplished by emailing a copy of a Writ of Summons
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries McHenry v. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court No. 373 C.D. 2022 Decided: November 14, 2023 If an employee’s occupational disease exceeds the compensable period defined by the Pennsylvania Occupational Disease Act, and the employee does not qualify for compensation under
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Maryland Case Summary Ledford v. Jenway Cont., Inc. Maryland Appellate Court No. 1755 September Term, 2022 Decided: November 30, 2023 Circuit Court did not err in dismissing a wrongful death action filed against an employer by the non-dependent daughter of the employee. Background On February 25, 2021,
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES New Jersey Case Summaries Hargett v. Hamilton Park Opco, LLC New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division No. A-2036-22, ___ N.J. Super. ____ Decided: December 11, 2023 In a decision concerning the Affidavit of Merit (“AOM”) statute, the Appellate Division rejected a collective negligence theory of vicarious liability
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary Freyberg v. DCO 2400 14th Street, LLC District of Columbia Court of Appeals No. 21-CV-0546 Decided: November 22, 2023 The “heightened foreseeability standard” with respect to premises liability negligent security cases does not apply to Defendants who have affirmatively removed protections put in
