IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

ROBERT N. HALPERN, ON BEHALF OF : No. 263 EAL 2023 HIMSELF AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY : SITUATED, : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal Petitioner : from the Order of the Superior Court : : v. : : : RICOH U.S.A., INC., : : Respondent :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 27th day of February, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is:

Whether, in this case of first impression, this Court should overrule the 2001 Superior Court holding in Romeo v. Pittsburgh Associates that a deceptive omission under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law is actionable only if a vendor had an affirmative duty to disclose a defect in a good or service.