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Woman ran over by Port Authority bus keeps $250K verdict after Allegheny County's appeal
HARRISBURG – On Oct. 31, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s Western District reversed a Commonwealth Court’s ruling that overturned an order granting Port Authority of Allegheny County a new trial after one of its bus drivers hit a pedestrian. -
Supreme Court takes down tort reform measure, to health care groups' chagrin
HARRISBURG – In a divided ruling sure to impact future medical malpractice litigation statewide, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act’s repose statute violates access to the courts, as assured by the Pennsylvania State Constitution. -
Appeals court says Pennsylvania can use AMA standards for disability decisions
Labor union argued lawmakers improperly delegated authority to outside agency -
Pa. Supreme Court strikes down part of 2002 legislation, gives med-mal plaintiffs more time to sue
PITTSBURGH - The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and other defendants in a medical malpractice lawsuit over a failed liver transplant in 2003 will have to fight that litigation after a sharply split Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out a seven-year time bar. -
No new trial for Lehigh Valley Hospital after $2.4M verdict for former patient
HARRISBURG - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court determined on Sept. 26 that a local hospital won't get a new trial despite claiming that a portion of a $2.4 million award for former patients could be time-barred. -
Judge: Summary judgment not possible before class certification in USAA insurance dispute
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. District Court Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg on Sept. 16 ruled in favor of USAA Casualty Insurance and against Susan J. Koehler in her bid for a partial summary judgment in an insurance dispute. -
LITTLER MENDELSON PC: Happy (Paper) Trails: Creating Effective FMLA and ADA Policies, Templates and Practices that Won't Go Off the (Legal) Rails
Most employers have encountered situations where a leave or accommodation policy provision, practice or form has complicated their efforts at legal compliance or even led to liability. -
BLANK ROME: Jonathan Scott Goldman Rejoins Blank Rome from the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that Jonathan Scott Goldman has rejoined the Firm as a Partner in the Commercial Litigation group in the Philadelphia office. -
Pa. Supreme Court considering making uniform changes to its procedural rule formatting
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania is considering changes to the way it formats rule citation, which one official says is meant to bring a sense of uniformity and cohesion to the way the state high court’s rules are written. -
Pa. Supreme Court revives Pittsburgh's controversial Paid Sick Days Act after four-year battle
HARRISBURG – According to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and after a four-year-long court battle, the City of Pittsburgh has the ability and authority to mandate all of its employers to provide their employees with paid sick days. -
Pa. SC finds that Borough Code applies to police forces with three members
HARRISBURG -- The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Western District remanded a case July 17 concerning part-time police officers and their rights back to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. -
A Supreme Court ruling falls on deaf ears in Pennsylvania
It’s one of life’s major annoyances – being forced to repeat oneself because someone isn’t paying attention. -
PENNSYLVANIA SUPREME COURT: Commonwealth Court Appoints New Chief Legal Counsel, Announces Leadership Changes
President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt announced the appointment of Gretchen Hanrahan, Esquire, to serve as Chief Legal Counsel to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. -
Appeals court again upholds approval of fracking operation
HARRISBURG — A Pennsylvania appeals panel again upheld a lower court’s denial of an appeal in a zoning lawsuit concerning a fracking operation. -
Companies dragged into Pennsylvania courts get ammo with recent federal decision; SCOTUS intervention a possibility
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge’s recent ruling which said that Pennsylvania’s requirement for out-of-state corporations to both register in and consent to general jurisdiction here was “a statutory scheme” and “unconstitutional” may have lasting effect on a number of prominent cases statewide, both pending and in the future. -
Superior Court reinstates priest molestation lawsuit filed against Altoona-Johnstown Diocese
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently reinstated a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown filed by a woman who alleged she was repeatedly molested by a pedophile priest in the 1970s and 1980s. -
Insurance, medical college officials tell Pa. Senate committee that current med-mal venue rules should stay intact
HARRISBURG – Testimony hearings continued Wednesday within the Pennsylvania Senate’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC), featuring insurance and medical college representatives who say current medical malpractice venue rules should not be reversed. -
Pa. Senate Committee hears testimony on impact of changing med-mal venue guidelines
HARRISBURG – This week, the Pennsylvania Senate’s Legislative Budget and Finance Committee (LBFC) is holding a two-day set of hearings discussing the impact of reverting current medical malpractice litigation venue rules could have on the access to health care and maintenance of health care systems statewide. -
Court doesn't give Sierra Club credit for redesign of Lackawanna Co. power plant
HARRISBURG – A Lackawanna County power plant was redesigned after the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit, but that doesn't mean the lawsuit triggered the redesign or that the environmental group is entitled to fees from the state Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court recently ruled. -
Secrecy surrounds letter that sparked Pa. Supreme Court's re-examination of medical malpractice venue rules
PHILADELPHIA – A renewed debate over the rules governing venue for medical malpractice litigation statewide was sparked over a letter written to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania late last year, asking the body to re-examine the issue. It’s a letter the public may never see.