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WALSH ESTATE OF WALSH v. BASF CORP.

No. 14 WAP 2019 No. 15 WAP 2019 No. 16 WAP 2019 No. 17 WAP 2019 No. 18 WAP 2019.

234 A.3d 446 (2020)

Richard Thomas WALSH, Executor of the ESTATE OF Thomas J. WALSH, Deceased, v. BASF CORPORATION; Bayer Corporation d/b/a Bayer CropScience, L.P., and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., and/or Bayer CropScience, L.P. and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., in their own right; Biosafe Systems, L.L.C.; Chemtura Corporation; Cleary Chemical Corp.; Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C.; E.H. Griffith, Inc.; E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co., Inc.; G.B. Biosciences Corporation; John Deere Landscaping, Inc., Successor To Lesco, Inc.; Monsanto Company; Nufarm Americas, Inc.; Regal Chemical Co.; Scotts-Sierra Crop Protection Co.; and Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Appeal of: Dow Agrosciences, LLC, Bayer CropScience, LP, Bayer Corporation, and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc. Richard Thomas Walsh, Executor of the Estate of Thomas J. Walsh, Deceased v. BASF Corporation; Bayer Corporation d/b/a Bayer CropScience, L.P., and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., and/or Bayer CropScience, L.P. and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., in their own right; Biosafe Systems, L.L.C.; Chemtura Corporation; Cleary Chemical Corp.; Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C.; E.H. Griffith, Inc.; E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co., Inc.; G.B. Biosciences Corporation; John Deere Landscaping, Inc., Successor to Lesco, Inc.; Monsanto Company; Nufarm Americas, Inc.; Regal Chemical Co.; Scotts-Sierra Crop Protection Co.; and Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Appeal of: Deere & Company Richard Thomas Walsh, Executor of the Estate of Thomas J. Walsh, Deceased v. BASF Corporation; Bayer Corporation d/b/a Bayer CropScience, L.P., and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., and/or Bayer CropScience, L.P. and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., in their own right; Biosafe Systems, L.L.C.; Chemtura Corporation; Cleary Chemical Corp.; Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C.; E.H. Griffith, Inc.; E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co., Inc.; G.B. Biosciences Corporation; John Deere Landscaping, Inc., Successor To Lesco, Inc.; Monsanto Company; Nufarm Americas, Inc.; Regal Chemical Co.; Scotts-Sierra Crop Protection Co.; and Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Appeal of: Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Richard Thomas Walsh, Executor of the Estate of Thomas J. Walsh, Deceased v. BASF Corporation; Bayer Corporation d/b/a Bayer CropScience, L.P., and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., and/or Bayer CropScience, L.P. and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., in their own right; Biosafe Systems, L.L.C.; Chemtura Corporation; Cleary Chemical Corp.; Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C.; E.H. Griffith, Inc.; E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co., Inc.; G.B. Biosciences Corporation; John Deere Landscaping, Inc., Successor To Lesco, Inc.; Monsanto Company; Nufarm Americas, Inc.; Regal Chemical Co.; Scotts-Sierra Crop Protection Co.; and Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Appeal of: Monsanto Company Richard Thomas Walsh, Executor of the Estate of Thomas J. Walsh, Deceased v. BASF Corporation; Bayer Corporation d/b/a Bayer CropScience, L.P., and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., and/or Bayer CropScience, L.P. and Bayer CropScience Holding, Inc., in their own right; Biosafe Systems, L.L.C.; Chemtura Corporation; Cleary Chemical Corp.; Dow Agrosciences, L.L.C.; E.H. Griffith, Inc.; E.I. Du Pont De Nemours and Co., Inc.; G.B. Biosciences Corporation; John Deere Landscaping, Inc., Successor to Lesco, Inc.; Monsanto Company; Nufarm Americas, Inc.; Regal Chemical Co.; Scotts-Sierra Crop Protection Co.; and Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Appeal of: BASF Corporation

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: July 21, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Borasky, Esq. , Pittsburgh, Casey Alan Coyle, Esq. , Harrisburg, Katherine Lynn Pomerleau, Esq. , Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC, Philadelphia, Kimberly A. Brown, Esq. , Jones Day, Philadelphia, Robert L. Byer, Esq. , Leah Ariel Mintz, Esq. , Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, William E. Padgett, Esq. , for Appellant.

James Michael Beck, Esq. , Reed Smith LLP, Philadelphia, for Appellant Amicus Curiae.

Sandra L. Alven, Esq. , William James Witte, Esq. , Riley, Hewitt, Witte & Romano, P.C., Pittsburgh, Michael W. Burns, Esq. , Edwin Brian Palmer, Esq. , Ira L. Podheiser, Esq. , Burns White, LLC, Pittsburgh, Anthony Joseph D'Amico, Esq. , Michael Joseph D'Amico, Esq. , Pittsburgh, D'Amico Law Offices, LLC, Mark Kenneth Dausch, Esq. , Pittsburgh, Christine M. Emery, Esq. , Stanley B. Green, Esq. , Robert J. Kelly, Esq. , Eric G. Lasker, Esq. , Dawn T. Mistretta, Esq. , Mark Donald Shepard, Esq. , Babst, Calland, Clements & Zomnir, P.C., Pittsburgh, Christopher D. Stofko, Esq. , Dickie, McCamey & Chilcote, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Appellee.

Clifford Alan Rieders, Esq. , Rieders, Travis, Humphrey, Waters & Dohrmann, Williamsport, for Appellee Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

Appellants, the manufacturers of various pesticides, appeal from the decision of the Superior Court reversing the trial court's grant of summary judgment in their favor following the trial court's determination that the testimony of the experts proffered by Appellee, the Executor of the Estate...

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