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Uncategorized July 23, 2018

Case Bulletin – Pennsylvania Superior Court Upholds Enforceability of an “Unlisted Resident Driver Exclusion”

In the September 2017 decision of Safe Auto Insurance Company v. Oriental-Guillermo, et al., the Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld a trial court’s granting of a Motion for Summary Judgment finding that an automobile insurance carrier was not obligated to provide insurance coverage to a non-relative resident when the policyholder did not list her as […]

Pennsylvania Updates July 19, 2018

Case Bulletin – PA Superior Court Holds Foreign Corporations who Register to do Business in Pennsylvania can be Subject to General Personal Jurisdiction

The United States Supreme Court has recently authored a number of cases restricting situations in which courts can exercise general personal jurisdiction over an out of state defendant. See e.g. BNSF Ry. Co. v. Tyrrell, 137 S.Ct. 1549, 1558 (2017); Daimler AG v. Bauman, 571 U.S. 117, 137 (2014). However, the Pennsylvania Superior Court issued […]

Zimmer Kunz Results July 18, 2018

ZK Results – Jury Trial Defense Verdict for Attorney John W. Zotter

On July 18, 2018, a Westmoreland County jury returned a defense verdict in favor of a Zimmer Kunz client represented by Shareholder, John W. Zotter.  The lawsuit arose out of an accident wherein the Plaintiff, a pedestrian, was struck by the front of the Defendant’s vehicle on South Maple Avenue in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.  Plaintiff sustained […]