Forty-four lawyers and 11 practice areas from Pepper Hamilton LLP have been recognized by Chambers & Partners in the 2019 edition of Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business.
HARRISBURG – Where it had first been seen as a surprise that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania was considering reversing course on where medical malpractice lawsuits can be filed, it was recently revealed just where the inspiration to reconsider the policy came from.
The following personal injury-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 11. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by John Crawford, Renye K. Metzler Crawford and Brynn Crawford against Farmers Insurance and Mid Century Insurance Company on March 11:
HARRISBURG – Venue guidelines governing medical malpractice litigation statewide which were brought into law through 2002’s Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act may be abandoned by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Civil Procedural Rules Committee.
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a man shot and killed outside a Philadelphia bar by one of its employees who was allegedly intoxicated is accusing the establishment of negligence.
PHILADELPHIA — A Bala Cynwyd insurance company is suing Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Heidi Prewitt, a former employee, alleging breach of contract and violation of state law.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed the denial of a motion to strike the entry of a Judgment of Non Pros rendered in a legal malpractice action.
PHILADELPHIA – When the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled in a class-action lawsuit against Google and Viacom that alleged the companies had violated users’ privacy, there were several issues that the judges had to consider.
PHILADELPHIA – A former railroad worker’s alleged failure to sign and return a settlement agreement has his former employer seeking to strike the settlement and dismiss his complaint in its entirety.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed a corrections officer’s claims of racial discrimination and a hostile work environment.
Counsel for defendants involved in property title litigation wishes to be removed from the case due to unresolved conflicts and outstanding costs, according to court records.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge granted summary judgment to the City of Philadelphia last week in a wrongful death lawsuit that claims the plaintiff’s brother died while in the custody of the Philadelphia prison system due to not receiving proper medical care to treat his HIV.
PHILADELPHIA – On April 20, a federal court judge dismissed allegations of race-based discrimination made by an African-American union leader and corrections guard employed at George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Thornton, but surviving are her claims of a hostile work environment and retaliation .
A woman who was allegedly beaten and sexually assaulted in 2011 has filed a civil suit against the Philadelphia police department and the city, claiming that officers purposefully released her from custody in a high crime area as an act of retaliation.
