Case Name: Michael S. HUTCHINSON, Jr., By Mary J. HUTCHINSON, Parent and Natural Guardian, Petitioners, v. Father Francis LUDDY, St. Therese's Catholic Church, Bishop James Hogan and Diocese of Altoona Johnstown, Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2001-11-27
Citations: 567 Pa. 37
Docket Number: Petition No. 53 WAL 2001
Parties: Michael S. HUTCHINSON, Jr., By Mary J. HUTCHINSON, Parent and Natural Guardian, Petitioners, v. Father Francis LUDDY, St. Therese’s Catholic Church, Bishop James Hogan and Diocese of Altoona Johnstown, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 567
Pages: 37–38

Head Matter:
784 A.2d 1277
Michael S. HUTCHINSON, Jr., By Mary J. HUTCHINSON, Parent and Natural Guardian, Petitioners, v. Father Francis LUDDY, St. Therese’s Catholic Church, Bishop James Hogan and Diocese of Altoona Johnstown, Respondents.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov. 27, 2001.

Opinion:
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?