In Commonwealth v. Seneca Resources Corporation, 2014 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 76 (January 27, 2014), the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that language in a deed from 1928 may restrict the owner of oil and gas rights to oil and gas extraction methods that were in...
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Month: February 2014
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules Pharmaceutical Company Not Immune to Products Liability Claims for Defective Drugs
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling on January 21, 2014 in the case of Lance v. Wyeth, 2014 Pa. LEXIS 205 (Pa. 2014), where a split Court found that drug companies are not immune to product liability claims in Pennsylvania for defective drugs. In a 56 page...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Addresses Whether Emotional Distress Constitutes Bodily Injury
In Lipsky v. State Farm, No. 24 EAP 2012, 2014 PA LEXIS 215 (Pa. Jan. 21, 2014), an equally divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently affirmed without opinion, the Superior Court's holding that emotional injury qualifies as "bodily injury" in the context of an...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Holds Underinsured Motorist Insurer Entitled to Offset for Damages Recovered from All Tortfeasors
In AAA Mid-Atlantic Ins. Co. v. Ryan, 2014 Pa. LEXIS 196 (Pa. Jan. 21, 2014), the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held that the amount of damages recoverable under an insurance policy for underinsured motorist ("UIM") coverage may be offset by all damages recovered from...
