University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Professor of Law Kate Shaw is among the newest appointed members and senior fellows of the Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS).
Melanie J. Foreman, shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Marshall Dennehey, has been elected President of the Temple American Inn of Court, a legal association devoted to excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility and legal skills. Previously, she served as Vice President, and before that, Treasurer of the association.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia jury has handed down the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Pennsylvania, in the form of a $182.7 million judgment to a five year-old boy born with cerebral palsy and his mother, against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Katelyn D. Edwards against California University of Pennsylvania, Gary W. Dunn, Geraldine M. Jones, Greystar Development Services, LLC, Greystar Student Living Management Services, LLC, Jared Shiner, Karen Hjerpe, Pennsylvania Western University and Student Association, Inc. on Jan. 20.
PHILADELPHIA — A Penn Medicine worker alleges he was forced to resign in retaliation for requesting medical leave and accommodations. Thomas Lemon filed a complaint March 31 in the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA – The parents of a student at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business who committed suicide six years ago have settled wrongful death litigation with the school, in a suit which charged it ignored the decedent’s requests for mental health counseling and assistance.
Marshall Dennehey Announces 2022 New Shareholder Class -- With 10 women and 7 men, the class has one of the highest percentages of women in the firm’s 60-year history.
PHILADELPHIA – After a jury trial, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia has prevailed over an age-based employment discrimination lawsuit filed against it by one of its longtime anesthesiologists.
PITTSBURGH – A Nevada ammunition distributor and prominent sporting goods retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods have recently resolved an ongoing dispute between them in a Pennsylvania court for more than $123,000, just in advance of trial.
ALLENTOWN – A group of current and former employees from the University of Pennsylvania Health System, who believe that forcible disclosure of their vaccination status violates their constitutional rights, stand by their claims and seek a federal court to throw out the health care company’s motion to dismiss its case.
PHILADELPHIA – The case of an anesthesiologist who filed an age-based employment discrimination lawsuit against the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia is heading to trial, with the defendant claiming that the case is without evidentiary support.
ALLENTOWN – The University of Pennsylvania has filed to dismiss claims from a group of its former employees that believe forcible disclosure of their vaccination status violates their constitutional rights.
