Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

47 A.3d 1174, 616 Pa. 354

CourtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedJuly 2, 2012

DocketNos. 551 EAL 2011, 552 EAL 2011

StatusPublished

Cited by6 cases

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Braun v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 47 A.3d 1174, 616 Pa. 354 (Pa. 2012).

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 2nd day of JULY, 2012, 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 is:

Whether, in a purported class action tried to verdict, it violates Pennsylvania law (including the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure) to subject Wal-Mart to a “Trial by Formula” that relieves Plaintiffs of their burden to produce class-wide “common” evidence on key elements of their claims.

Further, Petitioners’ Applications for Leave to File Post-Alloeatur Communications and a Reply are DENIED as moot.

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