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Federal Court Dismisses Negligent Entrustment Claim as Speculative and Lacking Factual Support

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Uslu v. Evans, 24-CV-5482, 2025 WL 378919 (E.D. Pa. Jan. 31, 2025) - This case involved a vehicle owned by the co-defendant that allegedly rear-ended the plaintiff’s vehicle. The plaintiff brought action against the...more

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Hospital Owed Duty of Care Through Pre-Transfer Involvement, Pennsylvania Court Affirms

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Munoz v. Children’s Hosp. of Philadelphia, No. 1388 EDA 2024, 2025 WL 1504354 (Pa. Super. Ct. May 27, 2025) - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed the judgment entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia...more

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Getting the Gist: The Evolution and Application of Pennsylvania’s Gist of the Action Doctrine in Legal Malpractice Actions

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Key Points: While legal malpractice actions can be brought as a negligence or contract claim, the gist of the action doctrine serves to limit those instances....more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pennsylvania Stays in a Minority of Two States in Prohibiting Evidence of Compliance With Government and Industry Standards in...

Just before Christmas, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a lump of coal to products liability defendants: Sullivan v. Werner Co., 2023 WL 8859656 (Pa. Dec. 22, 2023), affirming a lower court ruling that barred evidence...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Recent State Fiduciary and Best Interest Developments: Pennsylvania’s New Law; Nevada May be Next

Pennsylvania has adopted legislation implementing the model regulation concerning suitability in annuity transactions adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). This brings to 19 the total number...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

COVID-19 and Unprecedented Litigation Insights, Issue 26, October 2020

This 26th edition of Unprecedented, our weekly update on COVID-19-related litigation, sees us returning to now-familiar topics involving liability protection for businesses, wrongful death lawsuits (particularly those...more

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