The Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform (PCCJR) continues to warn Pennsylvanians of the impact on health care should our Supreme Court allow venue shopping to return to medical liability cases. The following opinion piece ran in the Scranton Times-Tribune on July 28. It was written in response to an editorial filled with inaccuracies and misunderstandings of why medical…
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PCCJR to File Amicus Brief in Mallory v Norfolk Southern
In Mallory v Norfolk Southern, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court correctly ruled that the Commonwealth’s “jurisdiction by consent” statute was unconstitutional. This statute requires every company that registers to do business in Pennsylvania to consent to the jurisdiction of Pennsylvania courts. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court concluded the statute conflicted with a line of U.S. Supreme Court cases that require a…