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October 21, 2005 |

Jury Award of $7.9 Million May Set Record for Bad Faith Verdicts

In what appears to be Pennsylvania's largest insurance bad faith verdict ever, a federal jury has awarded more than $7.9 million -- including $6.25 million in punitive damages -- in a doctor's claim that his insurer's failure to offer the limits of his policy led to a $2.5 million malpractice verdict against him. After the malpractice verdict, the doctor assigned his rights to the plaintiffs to pursue his claim against his insurer, as well as rights to pursue a legal malpractice case against his lawyer.
7 minute read
December 09, 2004 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

People in the News
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August 20, 2002 |

Vaccination Suit Is State Court Case, Federal Judge Rules

U.S. District Judge Norma L. Shapiro in Philadelphia has ruled that a drug products liability lawsuit over a child who was allegedly rendered autistic due to adverse reactions to vaccinations must be litigated in the state courts even though the defendants plan to argue that the plaintiff failed to comply with the federal National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act. Shapiro said the act does not create "federal question" jurisdiction.
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October 10, 2000 |

GC Salary Survey Profiles

Short takes on 20 general counsels ranked in the Corporate Counsel "GC Salary Survey."
19 minute read
May 24, 1999 |

Jury Awards $15.2 Million for Med Mal

A Philadelphia jury last week handed down a $15.2 million verdict in a medical malpractice case where the body of a 13-month-old child undergoing heart surgery was cooled too fast, leading to neurological damage. The lawyer for plaintiff Alec Sears and his parents said that the team at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia took only nine minutes to take the boy's body temperature down from 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit to about 63 degrees Fahrenheit. The standard of care called for a 20-minute cooling-off period.
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March 22, 2002 |

Does Birth Center Add Confusion to Bad Faith? Birth Center Basics What is Bad Faith? Contract v. Tort Tipping Its Hand? Addition

Birth CenterSince its enactment in 1990, the bad faith statute, despite its brevity, has caused great confusion in the courts across the commonwealth.
14 minute read
October 01, 2004 |

DEALS AND SUITS

WachoviaSouthTrust
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December 21, 2009 |

2009 Timeline

Highlights of the news of the 2009 Texas legal scene.
20 minute read
April 06, 2007 |

Unpublished Opinions

Unpublished state and federal court opinions.
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