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Superior Court Affirms New Trial in Zoo Injury Case Over Omitted Open and Obvious Jury Instruction

Janik v. Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 2025 Pa. Super. 90 (Pa. Super. Apr. 22, 2025) - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed an order granting a new trial, as the jury was not instructed on the open and obvious...more

7/29/2025  /  Appellate Courts , Bodily Injury , Damages , Jury Instructions , Jury Trial , Negligence , New Trial , Premises Liability

Trial Court Allows Punitive Damages Claim to Proceed in Campground Bleacher Fall Case, Citing Monroe Standard

K.H. v. Mill Run Campground, Docket No. 2197 of 2023, G.D. (Pa. Com. Pl., Fayette Cnty, Mar. 10, 2025) - A Pennsylvania trial court overruled primary objections to claims of punitive damages when the plaintiffs’ alleged...more

7/29/2025  /  Bodily Injury , Damages , Judicial Authority , Motion to Dismiss , Negligence , Premises Liability , Punitive Damages , Trial Court Orders

Relying Upon Pennsylvania Law, the Federal Court Held that Maintenance Company Owed No Duty of Care to Injured Plaintiff

Robertson v. Harvard Maintenance Inc., 2024 WL 1585598 (E.D. Pa. Apr. 11, 2024) - The plaintiff, while walking to work, slipped and fell in the parking lot on accumulated ice and sustained injuries to his hand, spine, head,...more

11/27/2024  /  Bodily Injury , Dangerous Condition , Duty of Care , Premises Liability , Property Owners , Slip and Fall

Where the Risks of Walking on Snow and Ice Conditions Was Voluntarily Assumed, Summary Judgment Not Warranted Under the Hills and...

Sanner v. Airbnb Inc., 2024 WL 1356693 (M.D. Pa. Mar. 29, 2024) - The plaintiff and a group of her friends stayed the weekend at a home rental they booked using the home-sharing app, Airbnb. Upon their arrival, the ground of...more

11/27/2024  /  AirBnB , Bodily Injury , Slip and Fall , Vacation Rentals

Superior Court of Pennsylvania Held that Landowner Was Not Relieved of Its Duty of Care for Open and Obvious Dangers When It...

Robinson v. Seven Springs Mountain Resort, Inc., 2024 WL 2955263 (Pa. Super. June 12, 2024) - The plaintiff, a business invitee, broke her ankle while playing disc golf at the defendant’s disc golf course....more

11/26/2024  /  Bodily Injury , Duty of Care , Liability , Property Owners , Slip and Fall

Evidence of Prior Accidents Are Only Admissible If the Prior Accidents Are Sufficiently Similar

Kunsman v. Wawa, Inc., et al., 2023 WL 3778865 (Pa. Comm. Pl. Montg. Co. Jun. 2, 2023) - The plaintiff slipped and fell on a yellow-painted surface in the parking area located on the defendant’s premises. During discovery,...more

11/14/2023  /  Bodily Injury , Evidence , Liability , Premises Liability , Retailers , Slip and Fall

A Gas Station Store Was Not Liable for a Slip and Fall When There Was No Evidence as to the Duration of the Alleged Dangerous...

McClure v. Love’s Travel Stops & Country Store, Inc., 2023 WL 3609158 (M.D. Pa. 2023) - The plaintiff slipped and fell in the defendant’s gas station store. The plaintiff parked his tractor trailer in the parking lot to...more

11/14/2023  /  Bodily Injury , Liability , Premises Liability , Retailers , Slip and Fall , Summary Judgment
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