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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary Witters v. Smith United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania No. 1:23-CV-1441, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 102346 Decided: June 10, 2024 District Court confirms that Pennsylvania law does not allow for loss of consortium and companionship claim for pets. Background Agents of the Pennsylvania Board of… read more

Laura Daube of TT&H’s Camp Hill office recently obtained a dismissal of a well-known trucking client in a high-profile federal action in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.  Plaintiff’s initial pleadings in the case never identified Laura’s client, whom Plaintiff failed to discover due to the numerous vehicles involved in the chain collision.   A year after… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary Hazen v. Woodloch Pines Resort United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania No. 3:21-CV-00174 Decided: February 16, 2024 Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgment pursuant to assumption of risk doctrine denied where Plaintiff lacked awareness of “specific risk” and were genuine issue of material fact existed as… read more

TT&H Attorney Amanda Hennessey recently won a full dismissal in the Middle District of Pennsylvania.  Judge Sylvia H. Rambo authored the Opinion granting the dismissal.  Amanda had represented the operator of an ocean-container terminal (“the Terminal”) and an organization that was a limited partner in a limited partnership, which was in turn a limited partner… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary Ziadeh v. Walmart Inc. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 597 Decided: January 2, 2024 Summary judgment granted in trip and fall over pallet in retail store as same was an open and obvious condition. Background A customer tripped over a… read more