HANGEY v. HUSQVARNA PROF'L PRODUCTS, INC.

No. 14 EAP 2022.

304 A.3d 1120 (2023)

Ronald Scott HANGEY and Rosemary Hangey H/W, Appellees v. HUSQVARNA PROFESSIONAL PRODUCTS, INC., Husqvarna Group, Husqvarna U.S. Holding, Inc., Husqvarna AB, and Trumbauer's Lawn and Recreation, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: November 22, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Lyman Becker, Esq., Ruxandra Maniu Laidacker, Esq., Kline & Specter, PC, for Amicus Curiae The Pennsylvania Association for Justice, 212 North Third Street, Suite 101.

Frederick William Bode III, Esq. , Douglas Michael Grimsley, Esq. , Michael Alan Muha, Esq. , Jeffrey H. Quinn, Esq. , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., for Appellant.

Robert L. Byer, Esq., Patrick Joseph Gavin Jr., Esq., Duane Morris LLP, Andrew Roland Varcoe, Esq., U.S. Chamber Litigation Center, John Urick, Esq., for Appellant Amici Curiae Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, National Federation of Independent Business, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association. Pennsylvania Medical Society, LeadingAge PA.

Thomas M. Hinchey, Esq., Katherine Ann Wang, Esq., Campbell, Conroy & O'Neil, PC, Matthew Daniel Vodzak, Esq., Fowler Hirtzel McNulty & Spaulding, LLP., for Appellant Amicus Curiae Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel.

Robert J. Mongeluzzi, Esq. , Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky, PC, Ara Richard Avrigian, Esq. , Howard Jonathan Bashman, Esq. , Keith Andrew Heinold, Esq. , for Appellee.

TODD, C.J., DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, BROBSON, JJ.


OPINION

In this case, the trial court transferred venue based on a determination the corporate defendant did not regularly conduct business in Philadelphia County because only 0.005% of the company's total national revenue was derived from that county. On

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