PAGA plaintiffs do not lose standing to litigate non-individual claims in court when the plaintiff’s individual claims are subject to arbitration.
28
Jul
Jul
Cases of Interest
The primary assumption of the risk doctrine does not apply when a student-plaintiff injures themselves during a PE touch football game because participation was mandatory.
13
Jul
Jul
Idaho District Court lacked personal jurisdiction over an English aerospace company in an action brought by plaintiffs from Louisiana and Indiana that stemmed from a plane crash in Indiana.
6
Jul
Jul
Pursuant to Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. of Philadelphia v. Gold Issue Mining & Milling Co., 243 U.S. 93 (1917), Pennsylvania courts can exercise personal jurisdiction over any cause of action brought against out-of-state entities that register to do business in Pennsylvania without offending the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
29
Jun
Jun
The safe-harbor provision for the spoliation of electronic evidence does not shield a party from sanctions if the evidence was altered or destroyed when the party was objectively on notice that litigation was reasonably foreseeable.