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Hutchinson ex Rel. Hutchinson v. Luddy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 27, 2001
784 A.2d 1277 (Pa. 2001)

Opinion

November 27, 2001.

Petition No. 53 WAL 2001 for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 27th day of November, 2001, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the following issue:

Did the Superior Court err in determining as a matter of law that a negligence claim under Section 371 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts can never support an award of punitive damages against an employer, even when the employer is found to have engaged in willful, reckless and abhorrent conduct?


Summaries of

Hutchinson ex Rel. Hutchinson v. Luddy

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Nov 27, 2001
784 A.2d 1277 (Pa. 2001)
Case details for

Hutchinson ex Rel. Hutchinson v. Luddy

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL S. HUTCHINSON, JR., BY MARY J. HUTCHINSON, PARENT AND NATURAL…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 27, 2001

Citations

784 A.2d 1277 (Pa. 2001)
784 A.2d 1277