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Court upholds transfer of venue in personal injury suit against Parx Casino
HARRISBURG - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a lower court’s decision to transfer the venue of a personal injury lawsuit against Parx Casino to Bucks County from Philadelphia County in a May 17 memorandum. -
Law firm loses bid to keep fee dispute in Lackawanna County
HARRISBURG - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania rejected a Scranton personal injury firm’s efforts to keep its dispute with a Pittsburgh firm in Lackawanna County. -
Superior Court reinstates wrongful death lawsuit; Golf groundskeeper's leukemia blamed on chemical companies
HARRISBURG — The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has vacated orders that had excluded expert testimony and granted summary judgment in favor of chemical companies that are fighting a wrongful death lawsuit. -
L.A. Fitness shielded from slip-and-fall lawsuit by customer agreement
A woman who claims that she was injured after falling at a L.A. Fitness in Huntingdon Valley in 2013 cannot prevail in her lawsuit because she signed a membership agreement that included a release and waiver and her "issues on appeal lack merit," according to a recent decision filed in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Superior Court says ATV trenches an 'inherent risk' of downhill skiing
A skier who fractured his leg at Blue Knob Ski Resort cannot recover damages from the resort for negligence because his injury was an “inherent risk” of downhill skiing and because such suits are barred under a clause in his season pass agreement, according to a decision filed on April 19 in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Superior Court partly reverses dismissal of $8M defamation suit; Plaintiff allegedly accused of using executive bathroom for prostitution
A Pennsylvania appellate court has partly reversed the dismissal of an $8 million lawsuit that claimed a Blue Cross Blue Shield contractor failed to stop accusations that a former employee was sneaking into a company bathroom to engage in homosexual prostitution, according to a ruling filed on April 4 in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Court sides with constable in Westmoreland Co. slip-and-fall case
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has reversed a lower court's order in a constable's slip and fall case in Westmoreland County. -
Superior Court rules that attorney-client privilege applies to emails about deadly wreck in Cumberland County
A Pennsylvania appellate court has ruled that a transportation company doesn’t have to release documents it says are privileged in a case stemming from a deadly, multi-vehicle accident in Cumberland County, according to a decision filed on April 20 in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Superior Court affirms decision to consolidate lawsuits over business relationship gone bad
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that a lower court didn’t abuse its discretion when it consolidated two lawsuits stemming from a business relationship gone bad, according to a decision filed on April 3. -
Pa. Superior Court rejects petition to compel arbitration in negligence case against medical facility
A Pennsylvania appeals court recently affirmed a trial court’s decision to deny a medical facility’s petition to compel arbitration in dispute with a woman who allegedly fell and broke her leg at the facility, according to a decision filed on March 29 in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Right to Farm Act protects Salem family farm from lawsuit over its smell
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a trial court’s decision to dismiss a case against a family-owned farm in Luzerne County that was accused of creating a disturbing odor in the neighborhood, according to a decision filed on March 29. -
Pa. Superior Court upholds dismissal of defamation suit against law firm and attorney
A Pennsylvania appeals court has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss defamation claims brought by an attorney who said a firm falsely accused him of witness intimidation, according to a decision filed on March 29 in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. -
Berks Co. $21M bad-faith verdict overturned; Insurers welcome the ruling, attorney says
Insurance companies are the real winners in a recent Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling that vacated a $21 million bad-faith insurance verdict in a more than 20-year-old collision claim, a Philadelphia-based litigator said during an interview. -
Pa. legal reform group: More regulation needed of litigation funders
HARRISBURG – The leader of a prominent civil litigation reform organization in Pennsylvania questions whether the aims of Wisconsin’s recent groundbreaking legal reform legislation extend far enough. -
Superior Court upholds decision to not award damages to woman who allegedly was bitten by dog
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a jury's decision to not award damages to a woman who sued a couple after she was allegedly bitten by their dog, according to a decision filed on April 3. -
After Fair Share Act ruling, tool can help Pa. asbestos defendants spread blame
WASHINGTON - Asbestos defendants facing verdicts in Pennsylvania can now make sure jurors know when plaintiffs have also blamed other companies - and ask that they dole out fault proportionally. -
Court allows defendant in trip-and-fall to argue plaintiff had been drinking alcohol
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a trial court’s decision to allow evidence that the plaintiff in a personal injury case had been drinking before he got hurt, according to a decision filed on March 15. -
Superior Court reverses ruling granting new trial in medical malpractice case
HARRISBURG – A two-year-old medical malpractice ruling that granted a new trial has been reversed by the Superior Court because the appellee's post-trial motions were not addressed. -
Do we really want to be a magnet for mass tort cases?
America may be a mecca for immigrants, but Philadelphia County has become a magnet for mass tort plaintiffs, and the wretched refuse keep coming. -
Pa. Supreme Court declines to hear case involving Super Bowl ticketholders who sued NFL, Dallas Cowboys
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania announced Feb. 8 that it has declined to hear a case brought by Super Bowl XLV ticketholders, who claim they were illegally denied seats they purchased for that football game by both the National Football League (NFL) and the Dallas Cowboys football team.