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Not So Fast: Enforcing an Appellate Decision Requires the Appellate Court’s Mandate or Remand

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Here is a typical scenario. You appeal your case to a federal or state appellate court. The briefing is done and dusted. The case is argued. Everyone is patiently waiting for the appellate court’s decision. Then — voila — the...more

Marshall Dennehey

Commonwealth Court Rejects Insurer’s Reimbursement Claim Against Pharmacy in Billing Dispute

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Pioneer Construction Company, Inc., Eastern Alliance Insurance Company, and employers Alliance, Inc. v. Insight Pharmaceuticals, LLC d/b/a Insight Pharmacy; No. 867 C.D. 2022; filed May 12, 2025; Judge Covey - A workers’...more

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Pennsylvania Court Concludes that Certain Sunoco Entities Did Not Have Eminent Domain Authority in Washington County for Mariner...

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In a February 7, 2025 decision in Simon v. Sunoco Pipeline LP, No. 2015-3302 (Wash. Cty. February 7, 2025), the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County, Pennsylvania concluded that Sunoco Pipeline LP and Sunoco Logistics...more

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Taking a DIG at the Pennsylvania Supreme Court

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Did you fall for the clickbait headline? No, this post does not take a shot at Pennsylvania’s highest court. Instead, here we consider the court’s practice of ordering some cases “dismissed as improvidently granted” or...more

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PA PUC Votes 3-2 to Regulate Landlords as Gas Pipeline Operators

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In a January 8, 2025, vote along party lines, the three Democratic Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PA PUC or Commission), led by Chairman Stephen DeFrank, reversed nearly a decade of PA PUC...more

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2024 Judicial Hellholes and Associated Nuclear Verdicts

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The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATR) has published its 2023-2024 Judicial Hellholes Executive Summary. This annual report highlights prominent jurisdictions across the United States known for enabling iniquitous...more

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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that Procedural Posture of Case Is Irrelevant When Determining Whether a Court Decision Violated...

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Ivy Hill Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v. Dep’t of Human Servs., 2024 WL 561402 (Pa. Feb. 13, 2024) - The plaintiff filed a petition for declaratory judgment with the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, seeking a...more

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A Look at What's to Come: Looming Changes to the Pennsylvania Statutory Liability Caps

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Perhaps unsurprisingly for plaintiffs’ and defense attorneys who have been following the ongoing saga related to statutory damages caps, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted an appeal in Freilich v. SEPTA, 302 A.3d 1261...more

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Important Pennsylvania Supreme Court Opinion in Hangey v. Husqvarna Professional Products, Inc: Venue analysis cannot solely rely...

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On November 22, 2023, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania clarified the “quality-quantity” test used to determine whether a company “regularly conducts business” in a county under Pa. R.Civ.P. Rule 2179(a)(2). In Hangey v....more

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Judicial Hellhole Ranks for 2022-23 Receive a Significant Shake Up

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The American Tort Reform Foundation (ATR) released its 2022-2023 Judicial Hellhole report. In this report, the ATR ranks the eight most dangerous jurisdictions for corporate defendants and their defense attorneys. This year...more

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