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Barbara Boyer, Individually and as Administratrix of the Estate of Jeffrey H. Ware v. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, et al.

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 16-3801 · judgment September 18, 2017

Certiorari denied · May 14, 2018

Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Questions presented

Did the District Court err in applying the Price-Anderson Act to a case where Petitioner was injured while conducting research at the University of Pennsylvania with radioactive materials?
Did the District Court err by not remanding the state law claims once the Price-Anderson Act claims were voluntarily withdrawn by Petitioner?

For petitioner
Aaron Jason Freiwald
Freiwald Law, P.C.

For respondent
Teresa Ficken Sachs
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

May 14 2018
Petition DENIED.
Apr 18 2018
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/10/2018.
Apr 11 2018
Waiver of right of respondents Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, et al. to respond filed.
Dec 15 2017
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 11, 2018)
Dec 15 2017
Appendix to petition for a writ of certiorari filed.