Pittsburgh business court judge Christine Ward has issued a Covid-19 coverage opinion, allowing the insured to proceed against its carrier for income loss. Judge Ward’s…
Category: Pennsylvania
Judge Christine Ward of Pittsburgh’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center recently granted summary judgment against an insurer that had denied business loss coverage arising out…
As we summarized last week, Pennsylvania’s Legislature unanimously passed a bill that would permit business court programs statewide, both on the appellate and trial court…
Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives has approved legislation that would permit the creation of a statewide Commerce Court Program in the Commonwealth’s Superior Court (an intermediate…
As of May 2019, 23 states currently have operational business courts within their borders. Though not yet open for business, Wyoming’s new Chancery Court is to…
As previously posted here, a bill was put forward proposing statewide commerce courts be established in Pennsylvania’s trial courts, and in one of its mid-level…
Judge Christine A. Ward is a long-sitting business court judge in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and President of the American College of Business Court Judges. Judge Ward…
On March 8, 2019, identical bills were filed in the Texas House (HB No. 4149) and Senate (SB No. 2259) to create statewide trial level…
Numerous states have produced studies on the merits of establishing business courts, or reports evaluating existing business courts. This post provides links to studies and reports…