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PA Supreme Court Issues Important Strict Liability Decision

By Sean Wajert on November 28, 2014
Posted in Articles

Pennsylvania has long been a jurisdiction which followed unique, sometimes archaic, rules regarding strict product liability. The state Supreme Court …
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Judge Nominated for Vacant State Supreme Court Slot

By Sean Wajert on June 17, 2013
Posted in Articles

For our readers with litigation in Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett announced last week that he will nominate state Superior Court (app…
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Raw Material Suppliers Not Liable for Worker Injuries

By Sean Wajert on February 10, 2012
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Toxic Tort

A California appeals court ruled last week that several raw material suppliers could not be held liable for injuries allegedly sustained by a worker a…
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Choice of Law Defeats Another Proposed Nationwide Consumer Fraud Class

By Sean Wajert on November 25, 2011
Posted in Articles, Class Action, Consumer Fraud, Consumer Products

A federal court recently ruled that a suit over alleged defects in an MP3 player’s display screen could not proceed as a nationwide class action. See …
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ALI Annual Meeting Continues

By Sean Wajert on May 18, 2011
Posted in Articles

Another report from the annual meeting of the American Law Institute. (Readers likely know that ALI is the leading independent organization in the Uni…
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ALI Annual Meeting This Week

By Sean Wajert on May 17, 2011
Posted in Articles

Your humble blogger is a member of the American Law Institute, attending the annual ALI meeting in San Francisco this week. Readers likely know that A…
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ALI Annual Meeting

By Sean Wajert on May 14, 2010
Posted in Articles

Next week I will be on the road attending the Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., of the American Law Institute (ALI). I was pleased to be elected ear…
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State Court Reaffirms Economic Loss Doctrine

By Sean Wajert on January 5, 2010
Posted in Articles

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court last week issued an interesting little opinion on the economic loss doctrine. Excavation Technologies, Inc. v. Columbia…
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State Supreme Court Issues Design Defect Ruling On Intrinsic Characteristics

By Sean Wajert on July 20, 2009
Posted in Articles, Chemical, Consumer Products, Toxic Tort

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of strict liability and negligence claims against white lead carbonate pigment manu…
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State Supreme Court Postpones Third Restatement Issue

By Sean Wajert on June 30, 2009
Posted in Articles, Toxic Tort

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed field and recently dismissed the appeal of a closely watched failure-to-warn case alleging harmful asbestos ex…
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