You'd Better Watch Your Step: Premises liability defendants are having a banner year in Pennsylvania courts

Contributor: Daniel E. Cummins FOLEY, COGNETTI, COMERFORD, CIMINI & CUMMINS

SUMMARY: In this article, Scranton, Pennsylvania insurance defense attorney Daniel E. Cummins, a partner in the law firm of Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini & Cummins reviews several recent premises liability cases and concludes that the courts of Pennsylvania have been more receptive to arguments by defendants seeking dismissal. This article appeared in Attorney Cummins' civil litigation column in the Pennsylvania Law Weekly, a statewide legal publication.

This article is reprinted here, with permission, from the October 26, 2009 issue of the Pennsylvania Law Weekly.(c) 2009 Incisive Media US Properties, LLC. Further duplication without permission is prohibited. All rights reserved. Please contact the author for permission to reprint or duplicate.

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