Articles In This Issue: 1. The Fundamentals of Intellectual Property 2. Circuit Split Narrowed in Favor of Employees With Disabilities Regarding Whether ADA Reassignment Requires Preferential Treatment 3. The Superior Court’s Decision in Patton v. Worthington Sounds Death Knell for Statutory Employer Defense and Elevates Construction Costs Throughout the Commonwealth 4. Pennsylvania Product Liability Law Remains Unsettled… Read more »
Pennsylvania products liability law remains unsettled and a recent decision from the Third Circuit Court of Appeals only highlights the confused state of the law and the divergent standards that may be applied in the state and federal courts. With its decision in Sikkelee, et al. v. Precision Airmotive Corporation, et al., 12-8081, — F.Supp.2d —… Read more »
Bradley A. Matta authored a 50 state compendium on the adoption of §2 the Restatement (Third) of Torts: Products Liability.
Articles In This Issue: 1. Yours, Mine & Ours – Who Owns Social Media Information 2. When Does a University Own Rights to an Invention? 3. Mission “Impossible”: Recovering from Generic Prescription-Drug Manufacturers in the Wake of PLIVA, Inc. v. Mensing Related Information: Firm Newsletter, Summer 2012
On May 23, 2012, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in a unanimous 53-page decision in Betz v. Pneumo Abex,[1] which reversed the 2010 en banc panel of the Superior Court that overturned an Allegheny County trial court’s ruling on a Frye[2] motion in an asbestos product liability action. At the trial court, the plaintiff alleged that Charles Simikian’s exposure to asbestos-containing friction… Read more »
Products liability cases often involve out-of-state or out-of-the-country defendants, and a recurring question in such cases is whether the defendant is subject to the jurisdiction of the court in which the case is brought. Near the end of the Supreme Court’s recently completed term, the Court issued opinions in two such cases, which were argued… Read more »
Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP is pleased to announce the election of its newest partner, Emily J. Hicks, in its Pittsburgh office. Ms. Hicks is a civil litigator with an emphasis in product liability and commercial litigation. Ms. Hicks’ national experience includes all aspects of litigation, from administrative proceedings and mediation, to trials and… Read more »
Jason M. Reefer has joined Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP as an associate in the Product Liability Practice Group in the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Mr. Reefer has experience in the areas of pharmaceutical product liability litigation, white collar and securities work, antitrust investigations and litigation, environmental litigation, and international contractual law issues. He also… Read more »
Articles In This Issue: 1. Walking A Fine Line: An Employer’s Right To Review Its Employee’s Electronic Messages 2. Workers’ Compensation Fraud: Tilting At Fraud Mills No Longer Quixotic 3. Building On Fraud: Qui Tam Issues In The Construction Industry 4. Federal Preemption Of Failure-To-Warn Claims After Wyeth v. Levine 5. Corporate Demise And The Search For… Read more »
Ryan J. King has joined the firm as an associate in the Product Liability Practice Group. Mr. King is a civil litigator who focuses his practice on products liability, construction and commercial litigation. He has experience in the areas of products liability, construction, insurance and employment litigation. He has successfully litigated and tried cases in both… Read more »