Max Baer, Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s Chief Justice, Dies

Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in a file photo. Administrative office of Pennsylvania Courts via AP

PITTSBURGH—Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has died only months before he was set to retire, the court confirmed Saturday. He was 74.

Baer died overnight at his home near Pittsburgh, the court said in a news release. The court didn’t give a reason for his death but called his “sudden passing” a “tremendous loss for the court and all of Pennsylvania.”