John J. Hare

Significant Representative Matters: Amagasu v. Mitsubishi, 2025 WL 3708201 (Pa. Super. 2025) (vacating $1.09 billion jury verdict and remanding for new trial); Yoder v. McCarthy Constr., Inc., 345 A.3d 668 (Pa. 2025) (vacating $5.6 million judgment and remanding for further proceedings); Gustafson v. Springfield, Inc., 333 A.3d 651 (Pa. 2025), cert. denied, 25-120, 2025 WL 3620464 (U.S. Dec. 15, 2025) (reversing Superior Court and holding that federal Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) was constitutional); Smith v. CMS W., Inc., 305 A.3d 593 (Pa. Super. 2023) (applying forum non conveniens to transfer litigation out of Philadelphia County); Johnson v. Toll Bros., Inc., 302 A.3d 1231 (Pa. Super. 2023) (rejecting challenge to Pennsylvania's construction statute of repose); Doe v. Hand & Stone Franchise Corp., 283 A.3d 391 (Pa. Super. 2022) (enforcing arbitration provisions in online marketing agreement); Steltz v. Meyers, 265 A.3d 335 (Pa. 2021) (reversing lower courts and reinstating defense jury verdict for physician and practice group improperly blamed for ending NFL player's career); Charlton v. Troy, 236 A.3d 22 (Pa. Super. 2020), reargument denied (Sept. 23, 2020), appeal denied, 251 A.3d 772 (Pa. 2021) (vacating $40.2 million jury verdict and remanding for new trial); Ramsey v. Buchanan Auto Park, 2021 WL 5165823 (M.D. Pa. 2021) (vacating $500,000 jury verdict and remanding for new trial); Roverano v. John Crane, Inc., 226 A.3d 526 (Pa. 2020) (reversing Superior Court and holding that juries may apportion liability to nonparty bankruptcy trusts) (amicus counsel for defense organizations); Kimble v. Laser Spine Institute et al., No. 2016-00569 (Chester Cty., 2019) (vacating $10 million jury verdict and granting judgment n.o.v.); Straw v. Golon et al.,187 A.3d 966 (Pa. Super. 2018), appeal denied, 2019 Pa.LEXIS 950 (Pa. 2019) (vacating $35 million judgment and remanding for new trial); Commonwealth v. Muniz, 164 A.3d 1189 (Pa. 2017) (reversing Superior Court and holding that retroactive registration under Pennsylvania's Megan's Law violates ex post facto clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania constitutions) (amicus counsel for 22 individuals); Rost v. Ford Motor Co., 151 A.3d 1032 (Pa. 2016) (invalidating Philadelphia's mandatory consolidation of asbestos cases for trial) (amicus counsel for defense organizations); Keith v. Commonwealth ex rel. Pa. Dep't of Agric., 151 A.3d 687 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2016) (invalidating Department of Agriculture regulations permitting commercial dog breeders to restrict nursing mothers' access to exercise areas and use wire flooring in cages) (amicus counsel for American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals); Nertavich v. PPL Elec. Utilities, 124 A.3d 734 (Pa. 2015) (vacating $4.6 million jury verdict and granting judgment n.o.v.) (amicus counsel for defense organizations); Nelson v. Airco Welders Supply, 107 A.3d 146 (Pa. Super. 2014), appeal denied, (Pa. 2017) (vacating $14.5 million jury verdict and remanding for new trial); Sellers v. Twp. of Abington, 106 A.3d 679 (Pa. 2014) (upholding lower court rulings that police officers ow no duty to unknown passengers in fleeing vehicles); Patton v. Worthington Associates, Inc., 89 A.3d 643 (Pa. 2014) (vacating $1.5 million jury verdict and granting judgment n.o.v.); Vanderhoff v. Harleysville Ins. Co., 78 A.3d 1060 (Pa. 2013) (holding that showing of prejudice due to insured's untimely notice did not require proof of what insurer would have found had notice been timely); McGarvey v. Penske Auto Grp., Inc., 486 Fed.Appx. 276 (3d Cir. 2012) (holding that warranty for auto theft system did not violate New Jersey Truth-in-Consumer Contract, Warranty, and Notice Act (NJTCCA)).; Edkin v. Brethren Mut. Ins. Co., 24 A.3d 444 (Pa. Super. 2011) (vacating $2 million verdict and granting judgment n.o.v.); Griffin v. Harrisburg Prop. Servs., Inc., 421 Fed.Appx. 204 (3d Cir. 2011) (affirming district court ruling that employer's adequate remedial action precluded liability for harassment); State Farm Fire & Cas. Co. v. Estate of Mehlman, 589 F.3d 105 (3d Cir. 2009) (reversing district court and holding that insurer had no duty to provide coverage for victim's lawsuit based on insured's intentional conduct); Urbach v. Kentile, 915 A.2d 159 (Pa. Super. 2006) (vacating $5 million jury verdict and remanding for new trial); Toogood v. Rogal, 824 A.2d 1140 (Pa. 2003) (vacating $465,000 jury verdict and granting judgment n.o.v.); Philadelphia Owners Association v. City of Philadelphia et al., 57 Fed. Appx. 961 (3d Cir. 2003) (reversing district court and ruling that municipal ordinance did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution); Van Zandt v. Holy Redeemer Hosp., 823 A.2d 145 (Pa. 2003) (vacating $323,000 jury verdict and granting judgment n.o.v.); Smith v. Rao, No. 2899 EDA 2001 (Pa. Super. 2002) (vacating $3 million jury verdict and remanding for new trial); Published Works: 'What Lawyers Can do to Protect and Promote Judicial Independence,' Pennsylvania Bar Association Quarterly, January 2026; 'Chief Justice Baer and the Supreme Court's Tricentennial Anniversary,' 62 Duquesne Law Review 1, Winter 2024; 'Medical Malpractice Venue Un-Reform,' Claims Judicial and Legislative Affairs Quarterly Update (CJLA), Spring 2023; The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Life and Law in the Commonwealth, 1684-2017 (Hare ed., Penn State, 2018); 'What's New In 2017? Filing Trends and Developments In Asbestos Litigation,' Mealey's Litigation Reports, August 16, 2017; 'Sunlight is the Best Disinfectant; Solutions to the Concealment of Asbestos Trust Filings in Tort Litigation,' For The Defense, April 2016; 'Uncloaking Bankruptcy Trust Filings In Asbestos Litigation: Refuting the Myths About Transparency,' Mealey's Asbestos Bankruptcy Report and Mealey's Litigation Report Asbestos, April 2016; 'Uncloaking Bankruptcy Trust Filings In Asbestos Litigation: A Survey Of Solutions To The Types Of Conduct Exposed In Garlock's Bankruptcy,' Mealey's Asbestos Bankrupcty Report, August 28, 2015; 'Keystone of Justice: The Pennsylvania Superior Court, 1895-1995,' Pennsylvania Press, 2000