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Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office. Contact him at [email protected] or @BSealTAL.
December 31, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate courts handled a number of high-profile cases in 2015, dealing with executive branch decisions and the fallout of two major criminal cases.
By Lizzy McLellan and Ben Seal
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December 31, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
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By Ben Seal, Christine Simmons and Angela Neville
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December 29, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
The deaths of two persons who sold their insurance brokerage firm did not discharge the purchaser from its obligation to carry out the terms of the sale agreement and continue making payments to the sellers' estates, the Superior Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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December 29, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Submitting a health care provider's invoices to a peer-review organization is sufficient for an insurance carrier to challenge a treatment as unnecessary and deny reimbursement under the state's Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Law, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has held.
By Ben Seal
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December 28, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Records detailing a doctor's malpractice litigation history and warning letters his hospital received regarding delinquent medical records are not protected by the Peer Review Protection Act simply because of their placement in the doctor's file, a Lackawanna County judge has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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December 28, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
An Allegheny County jury awarded $32 million to the family of a 6-year-old boy killed in a 2012 car accident in Pittsburgh, including $10 million for a wrongful death claim and $10 million for a survival claim.
By Ben Seal
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December 28, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Commonwealth Court has agreed to hear argument over two issues in a lawsuit filed against Attorney General Kathleen Kane, including whether a cause of action for a “name-clearing hearing” may be brought against Kane in her personal capacity. The court will also review whether absolute immunity can be applied when a state official acts outside the scope of her authority and employment.
By Ben Seal
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December 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
There are concerns within the Office of Attorney General over the legality of state Attorney General Kathleen Kane's recently announced investigation of OAG emails by an out-of-state special prosecutor, sources have told The Legal.
By Ben Seal and Lizzy McLellan
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December 22, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Arlin M. Adams, a former Third Circuit judge and contender for the U.S. Supreme Court, whose lengthy career touched all corners of the legal profession in Pennsylvania and beyond, died Tuesday morning at 94.
By Ben Seal
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December 22, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Court of Judicial Discipline has suspended Justice J. Michael Eakin with pay pending his trial on the merits over his involvement in the exchange of offensive emails. The suspension, the third of a sitting state Supreme Court justice since 2012, comes following a hearing Monday in which Eakin tearfully apologized and claimed that his lesson had been learned.
By Ben Seal
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