‘Urgent Need for Clarity’: Mass Tort Defendant Presses Superior Court to Examine Pa.’s Registration Statute

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“To provide much needed constitutional clarity after Mallory and conclusively resolve the jurisdictional status of nearly 90% of the total plaintiffs in the Paraquat mass tort program, this court should grant Syngenta Crop’s petition for permission to appeal,” the defendant argued.

April 30, 2024 at 02:25 PM

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Aleeza Furman

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What You Need to Know

  • The defendant in one of Philadelphia’s mass torts urged the Superior Court to permit an appeal addressing Pennsylvania’s consent by registration statute.
  • Syngenta asserted that appellate review is necessary to clear up uncertainty following a US Supreme Court ruling on the statute.
  • The company claimed that the ruling would determine the appropriate jurisdiction for nearly 90% of the plaintiffs in Philadelphia’s Paraquat mass tort.

A defendant in one of Philadelphia’s largest mass tort programs is urging the state Superior Court to address uncertainty left by the US Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling on Pennsylvania’s consent by registration statute.

North Carolina-based Syngenta Crop Protection argued in an April 26 filing that a flurry of new lawsuits in the Philadelphia mass tort over weedkiller Paraquat “confirms the urgent need for clarity concerning the constitutional and jurisdictional questions left in Malloryit’s wake up.”

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