Divided Pennsylvania Top Court Keeps Per Capita Apportionment In Asbestos Cases

(February 19, 2020, 2:05 PM EST) -- HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Fair Share Act does not upset the state’s traditional per capita apportionment of fault in strict liability cases, but does permit the inclusion of settled asbestos bankruptcy entities on the verdict sheet, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court said Feb. 19 (William Roverano, et al. v. John Crane Inc., et al., No. 27 EAP 2018, Pa. Sup., 2020 Pa. LEXIS 1035)....