ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY v. NEWELL

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA ZENITH INSURANCE COMPANY, CIVIL ACTION Plaintiff, v. MARTIN P. NEWELL, JR. AND M.P.N., NO. 20-3878 INC., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION Jerry Mercer, Jr. and Jerry Mercer III sued Martin P. Newell and M.P.N. in the Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas for heavy-metal-exposure injuries Mercer, Jr., allegedly sustained at M.P.N. (“the Mercer Action”). The Mercers alleged that M.P.N. falsified the results of Mercer, Jr.’s blood-test results; withheld a doctor’s order that Mercer, Jr., stop working; and threatened to fire…