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BRAUN v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 32 EAP 2012, No. 33 EAP 2012,

106 A.3d 656 (2014)

Michelle BRAUN, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Appellee, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., a Delaware Corporation, and Sam's Club, an Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Appellants. Dolores Hummel, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Appellees, v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., a Delaware Corporation, and Sam's Club, an Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 15, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Joshua Newman , Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller, Philadelphia, Theodore J. Boutrous , Los Angeles, CA, John J. Cunningham IV , William H. Lamb , Maureen Murphy McBride , James C. Sargent, Jr. , Scot Russel Withers , Lamb McErlane, PC, West Chester, Mark Andrew Perry , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, Julian W. Poon , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and Sam's East, Inc.

Michael D. Donovan , Donovan & Axler, LLC, Philadelphia, Judith L. Spanier , Abbey Spanier Rodd Abrams & Paradis, LLP, New York, NY, for Michelle Braun.

James Michael Beck , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.

Amanda Dealy Haverstick , Proskauer Rose, L.L.P., Newark, NJ, for Amicus Curiae Retail Litigation Center, Inc.

Henry M. Sneath , Chicago, IL, Quin Mikael Sorenson , Sidley Austin, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae DRI-The Voice of the Defense Bar.

A. Lauren Carpenter , Joseph B.G. Fay , Howard L. Meyers , Michael J. Puma , Marc J. Sonnenfeld , Morgan Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, for Amicus Curiae The Pa. Chamber of Business and Industry, et al.

Alan M. Feldman , Feldman, Shepherd, Wohlgelernter, Tanner, Weinstock & Dodig, Philadelphia, Della Barnett , Michael Caesar , Jocelyn Larkin , Berkeley, CA, for Amicus Curiae Impact Fund, AARP, Asian Law Caucus, et al.

Ira Neil Richards , Trujillo, Rodriguez & Richards, LLC, Philadelphia, Terisa Chaw , San Francisco, CA, Joseph Sellers , Peter Romer-Friedman , Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Nicholas Clark , William Lurye , Judy Scott , Washington, DC, Rachel Geman , Jahan Sagafi , New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, et al.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, JJ.

OPINION

This discretionary appeal concerns whether the class action proceedings in this case improperly subjected Appellants to a "trial by formula." The trial court certified the class, a jury rendered a divided verdict, and the Superior Court affirmed in part and reversed in part. We now affirm.

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