In March, the\u00a0Pennsylvania Supreme Court\u00a0heard oral argument in Hangey v.\u00a0Husqvarna\u00a0on the standards governing venue in a product liability case.<\/p>\n
The court’s decision, expected by the end of the year, may provide important guidance on just how much business a corporate defendant must undertake in a plaintiff’s chosen forum for venue to attach.<\/p>\n
This article will describe the case on appeal, the venue issues it raises and the precedential context in which it finds itself. We will also suggest a few important takeaways as trial courts and litigants await the disposition of the appeal.<\/p>\n
To read the full text of this article by Duane Morris attorneys Alan Klein<\/a> and Ethan Feldman<\/a>, please visit the firm website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In March, the\u00a0Pennsylvania Supreme Court\u00a0heard oral argument in Hangey v.\u00a0Husqvarna\u00a0on the standards governing venue in a product liability case. The court’s decision, expected by the end of the year, may provide important guidance on just how much business a corporate defendant must undertake in a plaintiff’s chosen forum for venue to attach. This article will … <\/p>\n Continue reading “Pa. Supreme Court Can Finally Set Proper Venue Standards”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[10,152,133,150,151,154,153],"ppma_author":[110],"class_list":["post-209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-alan-klein","tag-appellate","tag-ethan-feldman","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-supreme-court","tag-standards","tag-venue"],"authors":[{"term_id":110,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/843ff6e7a8fe5fc92109b47a45f34b6cf0ea499e6e788db23456c838b0ae6747?s=96&d=blank&r=g","author_category":"1","last_name":"Sullivan","first_name":"Margaret","job_title":"","user_url":"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com","description":"Visit the Duane Morris website.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/209\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=209"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/productsliability\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}