Case ID: a3d_206/html/0495-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Patricia L. HAMMONS v. ETHICON, INC. and Johnson & Johnson; Gynecare; Secant Medical; Secant Medical Inc.; Prodesco, Inc.; and Secant Medical, LLC
    Petition of: Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson
    Sharon Carlino and Charles Carlino v. Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson and Gynecare; Secant Medical; Secant Medical Inc., Prodesco, Inc.; and Secant Medical LLC
    Petition of: Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson
    In re: Pelvic Mesh Litigation
    Petition of: Ethicon, Inc. and Johnson & Johnson
    No. 458 EAL 2018 No. 111 EM 2018 No. 112 EM 2018
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    April 10, 2019
    ORDER
   PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 10th day of April, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue as stated by Petitioner is:

Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and 42 Pa.C.S. § 5322(c) precludes Pennsylvania from asserting personal jurisdiction over two New Jersey companies in a case brought by an Indiana resident asserting claims under the Indiana Product Liability Act.

The Petitions at 111 EM 2018 and 112 EM 2018 for Extraordinary Relief and/or King's Bench Jurisdiction are DENIED.