SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Penncrest Sch. Dist. v. Cagle Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 31 WAP 2023 Decided: August 19, 2025 Pennsylvania Supreme Court reaffirms the only test to be utilized when determining whether disclosure of information is required under RTKL. Background While working for Penncrest, a third-party contractor
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY Maryland Case Summary Bowens v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. Maryland Supreme Court No. 10, Sept. Term 2025 Decided: November 24, 2025 The “debts or damages claimed” in a UIM lawsuit to establish District Court jurisdiction are defined as the amount recoverable from the UIM carrier
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY Virginia Case Summary Fortune-Johnson, Inc. v. QFS, LLC Virginia Court of Appeals No. 1757-23-4 Decided: February 25, 2025 Virginia’s anti-indemnity statute, Va. Code § 11-4.1, renders void any construction-contract indemnity clause that, on its face, requires a subcontractor to indemnify a contractor for the contractor’s own negligence,
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY Washington, D.C. Case Summary Galvin v. Ruppert Nurseries, Inc. District of Columbia Court of Appeals 341 A.3d 1165 Decided: August 28, 2025 Homeowner could not establish her claims against a tree nursery for alleged faulty installation of six trees on her property. Background The litigant homeowner contracted
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY New Jersey Case Summary Weissman v. Li New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division No. A-2213-22 Decided: December 5, 2025 In medical malpractice action, the Appellate Division upheld the Trial Court’s Order that excluded the opinions of Plaintiff’s expert on medical causation, ruling that his opinion on causation
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY Federal Case Summary Vakili v. MTD Prods. Inc. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 220843 Decided: November 10, 2025 The Middle District reinforces the necessary qualifications of experts to be able to opine on causation. Background MTD manufactured the
