{"id":6447,"date":"2023-03-17T16:59:08","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T20:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/?p=6447"},"modified":"2025-07-31T12:56:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T16:56:20","slug":"legal-intelligencer-tort-claims-between-2-contracting-parties-may-overcome-the-gist-of-action-doctrine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-tort-claims-between-2-contracting-parties-may-overcome-the-gist-of-action-doctrine\/","title":{"rendered":"Legal Intelligencer: Tort Claims Between 2 Contracting Parties May Overcome the Gist of Action Doctrine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in SodexoMAGIC v. Drexel University made this law\u2014that the gist of the action doctrine does not bar a viable tort claim between two parties just because the parties papered the social duty giving rise to a tort claim into a contract\u2014abundantly clear. Yet, many courts in Pennsylvania continue to misapply the doctrine.<\/p>\n<p>In the March 9, 2023 edition of The Legal Intelligencer, Edward T. Kang wrote \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/thelegalintelligencer\/2023\/03\/09\/tort-claims-between-2-contracting-parties-may-overcome-the-gist-of-action-doctrine\/\">Tort Claims Between 2 Contracting Parties May Overcome the Gist of Action Doctrine<\/a>\u201c<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.khflaw.com\/news\/legal-intelligencer-tort-claims-between-2-contracting-parties-may-overcome-the-gist-of-action-doctrine\/#more-6447\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in SodexoMAGIC v. Drexel University made this law\u2014that the gist of the action doctrine does not bar a viable tort claim between two parties just because the parties papered the social duty giving rise to a tort claim into a contract\u2014abundantly clear. 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