Legal Opinion

Alderwoods (Pennsylvania), Inc. v. Duquesne Light Co.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 15, 2014No. 12 WAP 2013PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*48 OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

The main and controlling issue accepted for review, as framed by the appellant, is “[w]hether the Superior Court erred in imposing upon electric utilities a burdensome and unprecedented duty to enter customers’ premises and inspect customers’ electrical facilities before restoring power after an outage?” Alderwoods (Pa.), Inc. v. Duquesne Light Co., 620 Pa. 214, 66 A.3d 763 (2013) (per curiam,). It is material to bear in mind from the outset, however, that the appellant’s portrayal of the issues fails to adequately address the Superior Court’s formulation of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Summers v. CERTAINTEED CORP.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. Althaus Ex Rel. Althaus v. CohenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. Pyeritz v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Lance v. WyethSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014

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3Cited by32 opinions

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