SUMMARY: This 2009 Pennsylvania Civil Litigation Update was created by Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire, an insurance defense attorney affiliated with the Scranton, Pennsylvania law firm of Foley, Cognetti, Comerford, Cimini & Cummins.

The Update covers and analyzes the important cases and trends from around the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in 2009 in the areas of automobile law, UM/UIM, premises liability, products liability, medical malpractice, evidentiary issues, and procedural issues.

Many of the topics covered in this document were derived from summaries contained in Attorney Cummins' blog entitled Tort Talk, which can be found at www.torttalk.com. The blog is designed to provide periodic updates on Pennsylvania civil litigation law.

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