Case Name: Barbara A. DITTMAN, Gary R. Douglas, Alice Pastirik, Joann Decolati, Tina Sorrentino, Kristen Cushman and Shannon Molyneaux, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Petitioners v. UPMC d/b/a the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and UPMC McKeesport, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-09-12
Citations: 170 A.3d 1042
Docket Number: No. 149 WAL 2017
Parties: Barbara A. DITTMAN, Gary R. Douglas, Alice Pastirik, Joann Decolati, Tina Sorrentino, Kristen Cushman and Shannon Molyneaux, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Petitioners v. UPMC d/b/a the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and UPMC McKeesport, Respondents
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 170
Pages: 1042–1043

Head Matter:
Barbara A. DITTMAN, Gary R. Douglas, Alice Pastirik, Joann Decolati, Tina Sorrentino, Kristen Cushman and Shannon Molyneaux, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Petitioners v. UPMC d/b/a the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, and UPMC McKeesport, Respondents
No. 149 WAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
September 12, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
.AND NOW, this 12th day of September, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioners are:
a. Does an employer have a legal duty to use reasonable care to safeguard sensitive personal information of its employees when the employer chooses to store such information on an internet accessible computer system?
b. Does the economic loss doctrine permit recovery for purely pecuniary damages which result from the breach of an independent legal duty arising under common law, as opposed to the breach of a contractual duty?