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Pa. Supreme Court to let controversial decision stand in medical-malpractice lawsuit
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has formally denied an application for reconsideration and re-argument in a significant case that gave personal injury lawyers a boost by finding the seven-year time limit on filing medical malpractice lawsuits was “unconstitutional.” -
Former Pa. Supreme Court justice's attempt to clear corruption charges rebuffed by Third Circuit
PHILADELPHIA – An ex-Supreme Court of Pennsylvania justice who has made attempts to have her criminal convictions for corruption dismissed, has lost at the federal appellate level. -
Dismissed cadet will owe thousands to Valley Forge as a result of court ruling
HARRISBURG – Back tuition and fees, along with tens of thousands of dollars in attorneys' fees, will have to paid to a military academy following 2015 dismissal of a Delaware County cadet then facing criminal charges and failure of a drug and alcohol test, according to the state Superior Court. -
Superior Court set to rule again in case against former Harrisburg law firm involving $3M trust fund
HARRISBURG – A decision in a long and convoluted action centered on the power of assigning appointment to a $3 million dollar trust fund is awaited from the Superior Court, in its second time hearing the case. -
Allegheny Co. judges have not been required to preside over jury selection, but Supreme Court can change that
PITTSBURGH – A negligence case against the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Children’s Hospital which currently awaiting a decision from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, may have broad implications for judicial supervision of the process of jury selection in civil litigation statewide. -
Superior Court affirms dismissal of shareholder's suit against EQT over merger with Rice Energy
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that a lower court properly dismissed a shareholder's second amended complaint against a Pittsburgh hydrocarbon exploration and pipeline transport company. -
Pennsylvania health care groups fight Supreme Court ruling that gave plaintiffs longer to sue
HARRISBURG – Several Pennsylvania health care organizations, business groups and the attorneys representing them have joined forces in filing a brief seeking reconsideration of a key state Supreme Court decision that found the seven-year limit on filing medical malpractice lawsuits was “unconstitutional.” -
Defendants waiting to see how Superior Court ruling that allowed incomplete testimony affects Pa. asbestos cases
HARRISBURG – In a seemingly unprecedented move, a recent decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania allowed deposition testimony and an affidavit from an “unavailable witness" who had not been vetted by all defendants before he passed. -
Out-of-state businesses afraid of Philadelphia's court should pay attention to coming Superior Court decision
HARRISBURG – Plaintiffs lawyers and the business community await a ruling from an en banc panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, which is deciding whether the state can require companies who wish to do business here to consent to also being sued here. -
Philadelphia now the top-ranked 'Judicial Hellhole'; Massive verdicts, like $8B Risperdal case, cited
WASHINGTON – In an annual report of “Judicial Hellholes” released today by the American Tort Reform Association, Philadelphia has claimed the No. 1 ranking – in part due to a historic $8 billion punitive damages verdict rendered this year in litigation connected to Johnson & Johnson’s anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. -
Court: Can't sue for fall on icy ramp if you knew it was dangerous to walk on
PHILADELPHIA – A woman who was injured when she fell while trying to traverse a hospital's icy handicap ramp she was walking on an unsafe surface and her case was justifiably dismissed, a Superior Court of Pennsylvania three-judge panel recently ruled. -
Former employees suing disgraced AG Kane lose effort to obtain her attorney communications
PHILADELPHIA – Former Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General employees caught up in the scandal around disgraced former Attorney General Kathleen Kane won't be getting her attorney communications, a federal judge recently ruled. -
More bad news from Pa. court for J&J as it fights Risperdal lawsuits
PHILADELPHIA – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has both upheld a $70 million compensatory damages award given to a Tennessee plaintiff in a case tied to the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, and set the stage for another fight on punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson – which recently yielded a historic $8 billion verdict in a Philadelphia courtroom, in another action. -
Pa. Supreme Court reinstates thousands of Risperdal cases after J&J argued they were filed too late
HARRISBURG – According to a pair of majority rulings from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, a factual analysis must be undertaken in each individual case involving Johnson & Johnson anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, before a jury can decide when the statute of limitations begins to toll for bringing a claim. -
Superior Court affirms that trial court has jurisdiction in injury case against Russian company
HARRISBURG – A Russian steel and mining company has lost its appeal of a trial court's decision that the court had personal jurisdiction in a suit over a man's injuries at a coal plant. -
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. -
Superior Court to decide if lawsuit against Lansdale nursing care facility should be sent to arbitration
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania is due to hear arguments this week centered on a care facility ownership group’s desire to arbitrate an action between itself and the estate of a deceased former resident. -
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. -
Superior Court revives Mississippi woman's Philadelphia lawsuit
A Mississippi woman's product liability case against a Bethlehem-based medical device maker is on its way back to a Philadelphia court after a state intermediate appellate court ruled it should not have been dismissed. -
Golfer hit by ball on Lancaster Co. course shanks his chance to sue
An East Earl Township golfer allegedly hit by a ball on a Lancaster County course in 2015 can't sue because he didn't follow proper legal procedures in a timely manner, a state intermediate appellate court recently ruled.