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April 02, 2007 |

Mediation Work Complementary to Midsize and Smaller Firms

If you've called in an attorney to be a mediator or a neutral for a case recently, there's a good chance the attorney you found works at a midsize or small firm. Experts say there exist several circumstances that often make mediation practice more complementary to small or midsize firm practice. "Even if firms view [mediation] as a [practice that won't make money], they have got to have it," says Stradley Ronon's Kevin Casey. "Clients will go elsewhere for mediation, and maybe they will stay there."
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November 15, 2002 |

Caregiver Liable for West Virginia Woman's Death

Despite a jury's $50 million award for what it found was the negligent treatment of a West Virginia woman, the decision will cost her intermediate care provider, Heartland of Preston County, just $5 million because of a high-low agreement. The woman died from complications related to a gall bladder condition that had allegedly been ignored by the facility for nine months, despite repeated requests for medical attention.
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August 11, 2003 |

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Jennings v. Regional Performing Arts Center
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December 14, 2007 |

No Insurance Coverage for Lawyer Who Committed Suicide After Being Accused of Stealing Client Funds

A legal malpractice insurer has no duty to defend or indemnify Pennsylvania lawyer Michael J. Hanft, who allegedly stole more than $780,000 from his clients and gambled much of it away before committing suicide when he learned that he was under investigation, a federal judge has ruled. In his opinion, U.S. District Judge John E. Jones III said that the case involved "the tragic circumstances that resulted from a lawyer's double life."
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June 13, 2000 |

Salaries, Numbers up for Pittsburgh's Summer Associates

Even Pittsburgh's largest law firms are paying more for their summer help in this red-hot economy. Seven of the nine firms responding to a survey conducted by the Pennsylvania Law Weekly reported increases to summer associate salaries this year. And while female hires are up, minority hiring appears particularly low.
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October 28, 2004 |

FELA Juries Must Weigh Pre-Existing Conditions

When an injured worker suing under the Federal Employers Liability Act suffers from a pre-existing condition that may have inevitably led to the same injury he sustained in an on-the-job accident, the jury must be instructed to consider an apportionment of damages that accounts for that possibility, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
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April 07, 2000 |

McGraw-Hill Sues Competitor, Former Employees Alleging Unfair Trade Practices

Publishing giant McGraw-Hill filed a federal lawsuit in Pittsburgh against Cahners Business Information and an Internet subsidiary, as well as against two former McGraw-Hill employees, alleging unfair trade practices and misappropriation of confidential business information. McGraw-Hill claims one of its former employees illegally e-mailed "proprietary and confidential business information" about McGraw-Hill to another former employee, who had gone to work for McGraw-Hill's online competitor.
3 minute read
March 09, 2007 |

Mediation Work Complementary To Midsized and Smaller Firms

If you�ve called in an attorney to be a mediator or a neutral for a case recently, there�s a good chance the attorney you found works at a midsized or small firm.
6 minute read
July 22, 2004 |

FELA Claim Opens Door to 'Fear of AIDS' Damages

While "fear of" contracting AIDS cases have generally been rejected by Pennsylvania's appellate courts, a recent verdict may signal an opening for these claims under the Federal Employers' Liability Act. A Philadelphia jury has awarded $200,000 to a transit worker who was pricked by a hypodermic needle discarded in a lunchroom trash can and later claimed he experienced pain and suffering until medical testing showed he had not contracted AIDS or hepatitis.
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June 03, 2002 |

Vehicle Exclusion to Government Immunity not a Factor in Ambulance Suit

The motor vehicle exclusion to governmental immunity is not implicated in a case against an ambulance company where the company`s driver failed to follow driving directions to the home of a man in cardiac arrest, the state Supreme Court has ruled.
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