Aleeza Furman is a Philadelphia-based litigation reporter with The Legal Intelligencer. Contact her at [email protected].
June 28, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Phila. Jury Returns $68.5M Verdict Over Construction Worker's Deadly FallThe plaintiffs' target defendant sought to escape liability through "a corporate shell game designed to protect the developers," Saltz Mongeluzzi Bendesky partner Jeffrey Goodman claimed.
By Aleeza Furman
3 minute read
June 27, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Damages Awarded in $2.25B Roundup Verdict 'Shocks the Court's Sense of Justice,' Phila. Judge RulesSchulman's 75-page opinion lays out the reasoning behind a June 4 order in which she slashed the McKivison verdict to $404 million but denied Monsanto's request for a new trial or judgment notwithstanding the verdict.
By Aleeza Furman
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June 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Bill Aimed at Undoing Limits to Pa. Fair Share Act Has a Tough Road Ahead"We felt the need to make it clear once again that the Fair Share Act is to apply to all types of civil cases," Curt Schroder said, "not with any exceptions for instances where the plaintiff was not at fault at all or had no contributory negligence."
By Aleeza Furman
5 minute read
June 24, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Feldman Shepherd Sues Its Insurer for Coverage of $565K Legal Mal SettlementAllied World alleged in counterclaims that Feldman Shepherd retained defense counsel and reached the settlement without the insurer's consent.
By Aleeza Furman
4 minute read
June 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Phila. Judge Cancels Impending First Trials in Glen Mills Schools Abuse Mass TortThe cancellation comes only about a month before the first of the bellwethers was set to go before a jury.
By Aleeza Furman
3 minute read
June 17, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Western Pa. Jury Returns $9.5M Verdict Over Botched VasectomyAccording to the plaintiffs' lawyer, the doctor's own recordkeeping was what drove the defendants' loss.
By Aleeza Furman
3 minute read
June 17, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Industry Groups Back Appeal of Ruling They Claim 'Would Effectively Abolish Venue' in Pa.The idea "that this is some horrifying … departure from well-established Pennsylvania law is just kind of ridiculous," First Law Strategy Group partner David Senoff asserted.
By Aleeza Furman
5 minute read
June 14, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pa. Judge Greenlights Claims That Law Firm Failed to Pay $260,000 Advertising Bill"By attaching 78 total exhibits consisting of 309 pages, Ogden has more than satisfied the requirements of Rule 1019(i) under the circumstances," the judge ruled.
By Aleeza Furman
3 minute read
June 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
Filings in Phila. Paraquat Mass Tort Surge Amid Slowdowns in Federal MDLWhen it comes to coordinated litigation, "it's really a matter of getting into court, getting trials, and getting justice," Chaffin Luhana managing partner Eric Chaffin said.
By Aleeza Furman
4 minute read
June 11, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer
'Back to Business': Ozempic MDL's New Judge Pushes Litigation Forward in Wake of Predecessor's DeathMarston held the status conference just two weekdays after the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation reassigned the MDL to her. The litigation, which Pratter had overseen since its coordination in February, had gone about three weeks without a judge.
By Aleeza Furman
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