Oct 18, 2018 | Articles/E-Alerts
On June 4, 2018, in Allstate v. Archer, et al., 1:17-cv-331 (WDPA, Erie), The Honorable Mark R. Hornak of the Untied States District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, declined jurisdiction on the issues of whether a new UIM stacking waiver was required when the...
Sep 18, 2018 | Articles/E-Alerts
The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently addressed the multiple issues of personal jurisdiction, spoliation, remittitur and delay damages in the case of Hammons v. Ethicon, Inc., 2018 Pa. Super. 172 (Pa. Super. June 19, 2018 Ott, J., Stabile, J., Stevens, P.J.E.) (Op....
Aug 9, 2018 | Articles/E-Alerts
In the recent case of Smoyer v. Care One, LLC., No. 1417 WDA 2017 (July 25, 2018), the Superior Court held that contractual Arbitration Agreements are to be strictly construed and upheld a lower court’s denial of a Petition to Arbitrate filed by the Defendant. The...
Aug 4, 2018 | Articles/E-Alerts
In State Farm v. Dooner, ____A.3d ____, 2018 PA Super 146 (June 4, 2018), the Superior Court held that the trial court properly granted summary judgment in favor of State Farm, when Dooner, a passenger in her friend’s vehicle, grabbed the steering wheel and...
Jun 6, 2018 | Articles/E-Alerts
Last year, we reported on a Pennsylvania Superior Court decision in Safe Auto Insurance v. Oriental-Guillermo, 2017 Pa. Super. 297 (September 18, 2017) where the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld an Unlisted Resident Driver Exclusion in an automobile policy issued by...
