Dittman, B. v. UPMC

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 12, 2017

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 2017-09-12

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently September 2019

3 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“a. Does an employer have a legal duty to use reasonable care to safeguard sensitive personal information of its employees when the employer chooses to store such information on an internet accessible computer system? b. Does the economic loss doctrine permit recovery for purely pecuniary damages which result from the breach of an independent legal duty arising under common law, as opposed to the breach of a contractual duty?”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Dittman, B., Aplt. v. UPMC

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Decided 2017-09-12

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¶1 ORDER

PER CURIAM

¶2 .AND NOW, this 12th day of September, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioners are:

a. Does an employer have a legal duty to use reasonable care to safeguard sensitive personal information of its employees when the employer chooses to *1043 store such information on an internet accessible computer system? ■

b. Does the economic loss doctrine permit recovery for purely pecuniary damages which result from the breach of an independent legal duty arising under common law, as opposed to the breach of a contractual duty?