Presenting the below CLE Seminar today.  To access the written materials for the event (two articles on tips to improve your chances for success at ADR proceedings written by Daniel E. Cummins), please click HERE and HERE. The Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association is hosting                               A ZOOM CLE                Presented By Free For W-BLLA Members $35.00 For Non-Members “MEDIATION/ARBITRATION TIPS” (The W-BLLA (#53) is now accredited as a Distance Learning Provider.) This Program Provides…

In the case of Murray v. American LaFrance, 2020 Pa. Super. 149 (Pa. Super. June 25, 2020) (en banc) (Op. by Bowes, J.), the en banc Pennsylvania Superior Court addressed whether Pennsylvania has general personal jurisdiction over a Delaware company with its principal place of business in Illinois exclusively due to the Defendant’s 1969 registration with the Pennsylvania Department of State as a foreign corporation pursuant to 15 Pa. C.S.A. §411(a).  The en banc panel…

In the case of Crockett v. Luitpold Pharmaceuticals, Inc., No. 19-276 (E.D. Pa. June 11, 2020 Beetlestone, J.), the court granted a Motion to Dismiss on personal jurisdiction grounds.  That a Defendant who designed a product that harmed an individual in Pennsylvania, in and of itself, is insufficient to establish jurisdiction The court also ruled that a steam of commerce is not a viable jurisdictional theory.  The court in this Crockett case more specifically indicated…

Please come out and support a good cause.  Even if you do not golf, you can support Lackawanna Pro Bono by coming out for the seminar set for 11 a.m. and enjoying the pre-golf lunch.…

Here is a LINK to a blog post reporting on what is noted to be the first substantive decision across the nation on a Covid-19 Business Interruption Coverage question. The decision was handed down by a Michigan state court on July 1, 2020 and favored the carrier, which was a division of Donegal Insurance, by dismissing the Complaint as a matter of law. According to the blog post, the court in Michigan found that “direct…

Road Splits Ahead A split of authority is developing on the issue of whether the Regular Use Exclusion is a valid exclusion that comports with Pennsylvania’s Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law (MVFRL). In the case of Rush v. Erie Insurance Exchange, No. C-48-CV–2919-01979 (C.P. Northampt. Co. June 29, 2019 Baratta, J.), Judge Stephen G. Baratta of the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas granted partial summary judgment to the injured party Plaintiffs after finding that…

The Wilkes-Barre Law & Library Association is hosting                               A ZOOM CLE                Presented By Free For W-BLLA Members $35.00 For Non-Members “MEDIATION/ARBITRATION TIPS” (The W-BLLA (#53) is now accredited as a Distance Learning Provider.) This Program Provides 1 Hour of Substantive CLE Distance Learning Credit Friday, July 10, 2020 –  1:00 p.m. Created By:   Daniel E. Cummins, Esq. – Moderator and Presenter Additional Presenters: Judge Thomas M. Blewitt (ret.) Richard G. Fine, Esq. Thomas…