by Cheryl A. Garber | Nov 30, 2014 | Product Liability Cases
By way of update to my previous blogs, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court released its much anticipated decision this week, declining to adopt the Restatement (Third) of Torts for Products Liability cases. See Terrence D. Tincher and Judith R. Tichner v. Omega Flex,...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Oct 29, 2014 | Product Liability Cases
By way of update to my previous blog, “The Restatement (Second) of Torts Continues to Apply in Pennsylvania”, for the moment that statement remains true. As predicted in my previous blog, on March 26, 2013, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted a Petition for...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Aug 21, 2014 | Laws
Pennsylvania’s new Voter ID Law signed by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett in March 2012, will require voters to show photo ID prior to voting at the polls in the November 2012 Presidential election. See Pennsylvania’s Election Code Omnibus Amendments Act of March...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Aug 21, 2014 | Laws, News
Social media/networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and MySpace have become both an increasingly fruitful source of evidence for trial lawyers, and the subject of more court opinions. Depending on which side of the fence you practice, social networking sites may...
by Cheryl A. Garber | Aug 20, 2014 | Laws, Torts
Despite recent rumblings to the contrary, unless and until the Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopts The Restatement (Third) of Torts, The Restatement (Second) of Torts, which was adopted by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in Webb v. Zern, 220 A.2d 853 (Pa. 1966), still...
