Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2001

Hutchinson v. Luddy

Hutchinson v. Luddy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided November 27, 2001
784 A.2d 1277 (Atlantic Reporter, Second Series)

Hutchinson v. Luddy

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 27th day of November, 2001, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the following issue:

Did the Superior Court err in determining as a matter of law that a negligence claim under Section 371 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts can never support an award of punitive damages against an employer, even when the employer is found to have engaged in willful, reckless, and abhorrent conduct?

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