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Viewpoint: Pa. Superior Court Ruling Says Out-Of-State Businesses Can Be Sued Here
23 July 2018
Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis LLP
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Edward J. Sholinsky and Jonathan B. Skowron published "Viewpoint: Pa. Superior Court ruling says
out-of-state businesses can be sued here" in the
Pittsburgh Business Times.
"In a decision that goes against the emerging national
trend, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has unanimously held that
out-of-state companies that register to do business in Pennsylvania
have 'consented' to general personal jurisdiction in the
Commonwealth. On June 28, the Court in Webb-Benjamin LLC v.
International Rug Group LLC decided that business registration
by itself created jurisdiction over the non-Pennsylvania defendant
for its out-of-state activities."
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