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May 19, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Failure to Order Ultrasound Led to Terminal Cancer: Plaintiff

On March 28, 2017, plaintiff Chasidy Plunkard, 41, was diagnosed with Stage IVB metastatic cancer. Plunkard claimed that her cancer diagnosis was delayed due to the negligence of her gynecologist, Charles Marks.

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May 18, 2022 | Law.com

Critical Mass With Law.com's Amanda Bronstad: Florida Condo Collapse Victims' Families Reach $1B Settlement. Ex-Girardi Keese Partners Used Bank Account Like A 'Slush Fund,' Edelson Says.

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May 12, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia Court Corrals Roundup Litigation Into Mass Tort

The order consolidates about 100 suits against Monsanto Co. and suburban Philadelphia-based chemical producer Nouryon alleging that the herbicide caused the plaintiffs to develop cancer.

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May 4, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Legal Intelligencer Announces 2022 Professional Excellence Award Winners

The Legal Intelligencer is pleased to announce the 2022 Professional Excellence Award winners.

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May 2, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Appalling' and 'Unforgivable Sin': Leaked SCOTUS Draft Overturning 'Roe' Shocks Legal Community

The leaked draft quickly lit up social media as legal experts chimed in on the ramifications of such a breach at the nation's highest court, as well as how any decision may shape the court's legitimacy.

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April 26, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—April 26, 2022—Saul Ewing, Post & Schell

Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr announced that partner Elizabeth U. Witmer has been appointed as the vice chair of the transactional department in the firm's Chesterbrook office, effective Feb. 23.

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April 21, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Excessive Force Suit Filed Against Bucks County Correctional Facility

This suit was surfaced by Law.com Radar. Read the complaint here.

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April 14, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge's Ruling Leaves School District Open to Sex Assault Negligence Suit in New Test to Immunity Exception

A Lehigh Valley judge found that the incidents of severe bullying of a kindergarten student that gave rise to the plaintiffs' cause of action fell "squarely" under the exception.

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April 14, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

$7.35M Settlement Reached in Fall During Renovation at Drexel Building

An elevator apprentice injured while working on renovations to the Drexel University Thomas R. Kline Institute of Trial Advocacy reached a $7.35 million settlement April 5 with Drexel and the company contracted to serve as the site's construction manager.

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April 8, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

'Unjust Windfalls': Pa. Superior Court Denies Defendant's COVID-Capped Delay Damages Arguments Over $2M Verdict

As courts begin to grapple with the fallout from closures that rocked the legal system and led to statewide closures starting in March 2020, some defendants have been raising arguments about how those closures may affect calculations for delay damages.

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