A Pennsylvania state court judge went against the majority of COVID-19 insurance rulings when she ruled Tuesday that an insurer must cover the pandemic-related losses suffered by a downtown Pittsburgh tavern.
The former national leader of the Pagans motorcycle club will have an additional period of freedom before he must report to the Westmoreland County Prison to serve out the remaining months of his sentence on prior drug offenses. Dennis “Rooster” Katona, 54, of Hempfield was expected to turn himself in
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday refused to take up an appeal of a decision last fall rejecting a New Jersey boarding school's bid to arbitrate claims that it should be held liable for a student's death on a school sponsored skiing trip.
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Pa. Court Affirms Decision Rethinking Shared Liability Rules
Law360 (May 25, 2021, 5:14 PM EDT) The Pennsylvania Superior Court has shot down a petition seeking reargument following a controversial decision suggesting that a state law largely barring joint and several liability only applies when a plaintiff s own negligence is called into question.
The March ruling had drawn the ire of defense bar organizations, including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, which argued that it threatened a decade-old understanding that the state s so-called Fair Share Act barred defendants from being put on the hook for the entirety of a damages award in multiple-defendant negligence cases.