Halpern, R. v. Ricoh U.S.A., Inc. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT ROBERT N. HALPERN, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF AND ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, Petitioner v. RICOH U.S.A., INC., Respondent : No. 263 EAL 2023 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 27th day of February, 2024, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Whether, in this case of first impression, this Court should overrule the 2001 Superior Court holding in Romeo v. Pittsburgh Associates that a deceptive omission under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law is actionable only if a vendor had an affirmative duty to disclose a defect in a good or service.

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