Pickering v. Associated Realty Prop. Mgmt., Inc., 2025 Pa. Super. LEXIS 426 (September 18, 2025) Kunselman, J.
· This case was transferred to Centre County. The question was whether the defendants regularly conduct business in a county should make a difference. Pennsylvania Trial Courts have allowed discretion and determining if venue is proper based on a defendant’s business activities.
· Mr. Pickering fails to persuade that the trial court committed an abuse of discretion by sustaining these defendants’ preliminary objections.
· This question is how this case might auger medical malpractice.
· A decision was written by Judge Kunselman.
· By examining ninety-eight Pennsylvania sales that the defendant made between 2013 and 2023, Mr. Pickering artificially inflated the percentage of Buchanan Company sales in Philadelphia to as much as 2.5% of sales, even though they were infinitesimally a small fraction of a percentage of its total sales nationwide.
· Based on the national sales, the amount in Philadelphia is so small that it made sense to transfer the case to Centre County where the relevant events took place.
