US Chamber Joins Calls for En Banc Review of Pa. Appeals Court’s Fair Share Act Ruling
April 2, 2021
Eckert Seamans’ Casey Coyle and Peter Hoffman are representing the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, and 13 other national, state, and regional organizations or businesses in their efforts to overturn the partial repeal of the Fair Share Act by a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel. Coyle told The Legal Intelligencer that there had been lively floor debates in the General Assembly about potentially amending the law to exempt certain categories of people, making it clear that legislators intended for the bill to do away with common-law joint and several liability. “They all knew what was at stake. They all knew the scope and intent of the legislation,” Coyle said. “This is one of the clearest instances of legislative history you’re going to have.”
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