Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s chief justice dies

Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has died at age 74 only months before he was set to retire.

The court confirmed Saturday that Baer died overnight at his home near Pittsburgh. It didn’t give a cause of death but called his “sudden passing” a “tremendous loss for the court and all of Pennsylvania.”

The court also said Justice Debra Todd is now the first female chief justice in commonwealth history.

Max Baer