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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary Cote v. Schnell Indus. United State District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania No. 4:18-CV-01440 Decided: November 9, 2022 A Pennsylvania Federal District Court held that, unless such conduct was the sole cause of the accident, evidence of a plaintiff’s contributory negligence, recklessness, product misuse, and/or assumption of… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES FEDERAL CASE SUMMARY Grady v. Rothwell United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania No. 4:22-CV-00428, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 203694 Decided: November 8, 2022 Conducting business nationwide is not enough to confer personal jurisdiction on an out-of-state furniture company for an accident occurring outside Pennsylvania. Background Plaintiff, administrator of… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary Moravia Motorcycle, Inc. v. Allstate Ins. Co. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania No. 21-1274 Decided: October 19, 2022 Plaintiffs’ Motion for leave to amend Complaint and join additional party denied where Motion was filed beyond deadline and where Plaintiffs knew or should have known of… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summaries Grennell v. Zurich Am. Ins. Co. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 171738, 2022 WL 4386638 Decided: September 22, 2022 A corporate employer may validly waive uninsured or underinsured motorists benefits that would otherwise be available to an employee injured while… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summaries Testa v. Broomall Operating Co., L.P. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania No. 21-5148-KSM, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 147856 Decided: August 18, 2022 Claim for COVID-19 death of nursing home patient survives Motion to Dismiss. Background Plaintiff Testa brought this negligence suit after her mother… read more