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Troutman Pepper Wins 3 Pennsylvania Legal Awards, Shortlisted for 3 More
The Legal Intelligencer has recognized Troutman Pepper’s Joan Arnold, Andrew Medeiros, and Zachary Torres-Fowler with three Pennsylvania Legal Awards, and the firm and Partner Deborah Spranger are finalists in three additional categories. All winners will be announced at a May 15 awards dinner. -
Middle school student sues Upper St. Clair School District after colliding with metal bleacher bench
PITTSBURGH – A local middle school student alleges that negligent placement of a metal bleacher bench by the Upper St. Clair School District, resulted in his suffering a series of severe leg injuries when he collided with that same bench. -
Jury awards $43.5M med-mal verdict to former Philadelphia Eagles captain Chris Maragos
PHILADELPHIA – After a two-week trial, a jury has handed down a $43.5 million medical malpractice verdict to the former captain of the Philadelphia Eagles, finding that his doctors were negligent in their treatment of his 2017 knee injury and that it directly led to the end of his National Football League career. -
Plaintiff whose daughter was allegedly mistreated by softball coach wants school district's dismissal motion thrown out
SCRANTON – A Hanover Township man maintains claims that his daughter was mistreated and neglected by her softball coach, leading her to eventually suffer a severe brain injury when a batted ball hit her in the back of the head, and argues the defendant school district’s motion to dismiss must be denied. -
Coatesville nursing home to pay $150K to family of resident who died from hemorrhage
PHILADELPHIA – A Colorado-based estate has finalized a settlement surrounding claims that the death of a Coatesville nursing care facility resident from an inter-cranial hemorrhage nearly three years ago was the result of negligent care on the part of the facility and its staff, for $150,000. -
Doctor will testify on depression, anxiety felt by man hit by tractor-trailer
ERIE – A federal magistrate judge will allow the testimony of a physical rehabilitative specialist as to the alleged depression and anxiety felt by a plaintiff subsequent to being run over by a tractor-trailer. -
After death of Coatesville nursing home resident, $150K settlement in play
PHILADELPHIA – A Colorado-based estate is ready to settle claims that the death of a Coatesville nursing care facility resident from an inter-cranial hemorrhage nearly three years ago was the result of negligent care on the part of the facility and its staff, for $150,000. -
Little League Baseball says it's not responsible for dental injuries man suffered when he was hit by ball
ERIE – Little League Baseball denies liability for severe dental injuries an Oil City man suffered when he was struck by a baseball nearly nine years ago, and further denied allegations that it promised the plaintiff and his family that its insurance would cover his full medical damages and later reneged on that promise. -
Elizabeth Vaysman Admitted To The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys
Elizabeth Vaysman Admitted To The Academy of Adoption and Assisted Reproduction Attorneys. -
Oil City man suing Little League Baseball for injuries suffered when he was struck by errant ball
ERIE – A Western Pennsylvania man who suffered severe injuries to his teeth after being struck by a baseball nearly nine years ago claims that Little League Baseball promised him and his family that its insurance would cover his full medical damages and later reneged on that promise. -
Father who was banned from Jefferson-Morgan School District events settles defamation claims
PITTSBURGH – A father who was banned from attending all school events by the Jefferson-Morgan School District due to alleged bullying, physical aggression and use of profanity and claimed he was defamed by the District, has settled his claims. -
Judge denies Black & Decker's summary judgment and Daubert motions, approves injured plaintiff's expert witness
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ruled that man who lost a finger on the premises of his business while using a Black & Decker-manufactured polisher, will be permitted to have his expert witness present scientific testimony, defeating a combined summary judgment and Daubert motion from the company. -
Dead piranhas: Antonio Brown's career in Pittsburgh's civil court system
PITTSBURGH – Antonio Brown’s accomplishments in the National Football League add up to quite a list, as do his off- and on-field incidents that have marred his stints in Pittsburgh, Oakland, New England and Tampa Bay. -
Jefferson-Morgan School District wants to throw out defamation suit from football player's banned father
PITTSBURGH – Jefferson-Morgan School District is attempting to have dismissed a lawsuit brought against it by the father of a varsity high school football player, due to his being barred from the campus and football stadium after he asked the head coach to resign following a game last year. -
Beaver County couple reach settlement over injuries wife suffered when ATV allegedly hit her at baseball field
PITTSBURGH – A Beaver County couple recently settled claims with the operators of a local baseball and softball field, who they alleged were responsible for injuries the wife-plaintiff suffered when she was allegedly struck by an ATV at the field. -
Judge denies injunction to high school football player's father, who was banned for allegedly threatening to fight his son's coach
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied the issuance of a preliminary injunction to the father of a Jefferson-Morgan varsity football player who sued the school district in federal court, after he was barred from the campus and football stadium after he asked the head coach to resign following a game last year. -
Lawsuit: Coatesville nursing facility's negligence led to resident's death from fall and related hemorrhage
PHILADELPHIA – A Colorado man alleges that the death of a Coatesville nursing care facility resident from an inter-cranial hemorrhage two years ago was the result of negligent care on the part of the facility and its staff, and has filed a wrongful death lawsuit to that effect. -
Baseball and softball league counters that it's immune from woman's ATV injury suit through Pa. law
PITTSBURGH – Plum Baseball & Softball Association argues that it is immune from a lawsuit brought by a Beaver County woman when she was allegedly struck by an ATV at the field, and counters through a cross-claim that its co-defendant baseball and softball leagues are at fault. -
Scranton professionals want to remove punitive damages language and negligence claims from wrongful death suit
SCRANTON – A local physician and nurse practitioner are seeking to strike both the prospect of punitive damages and certain negligence allegations, from a lawsuit brought by the estate of a Carbondale woman who died from cardiac arrest two years ago. -
TROUTMAN PEPPER HAMILTON SANDERS LLP: Troutman Pepper’s Zach Torres-Fowler Named Regional Director for Society of Construction Law North America
Zach Torres-Fowler, an attorney in Troutman Pepper’s Construction Practice Group, has been named Regional Director for the Society of Construction Law North America’s Delaware Valley region.