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Pennsylvania Updates January 29, 2017

Case Bulletin – Third Circuit Reviews the Daubert Standard For Experts in Employment Law

On Tuesday, January 10, 2017, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit issued a ruling in Karlo v. Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC,  where it discussed statistical expert opinions and interpreted the standard under Daubert for utilizing these experts’ opinions.   In Karlo, the defendant was a manufacturer of automotive glass.  When the […]

Pennsylvania Updates January 29, 2017

Case Bulletin – Pennsylvania Superior Court Applies Tincher in Recent Products Liability Case

In an opinion announced on January 13, 2017 in High v. Pennsy Supply, Inc. (No. 411 MDA 2016), a strict products liability case, the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County granting summary judgment in favor of the defendant concrete supplier.  The Superior Court held that the […]

Pennsylvania Updates January 29, 2017

Case Bulletin – Superior Court of Pennsylvania Holds that Issues Relating to Privilege Are Immediately Appealable as a Collateral Order

In Farrell v. Regola, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently held that issues involving documents allegedly covered by attorney-client privilege were immediately appealable as a collateral order; communications made to clinical social workers were protected by the psychiatrist/psychologist privilege; and handwritten notes taken during civil deposition; and a prior criminal trial were protected by attorney client […]

Zimmer Kunz Results January 10, 2017

ZK Results – Attorneys Jeff Ramaley and Francesca Miller successful in persuading trial court to apply the Dead man’s Act

In late December, 2016, ZK attorneys Jeff Ramaley and Francesca Miller, representing an estate that was a defendant in a personal injury action, were successful in persuading the Indiana County Court of Common Pleas to apply the Dead man’s Act before trial.  The estate was one of two defendants.  The court ruled that the plaintiff […]