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September 23, 2005 |

Baseball Fan Hit by Foul Allowed to Sue Park Owner for Negligence

Sports-injury litigation took on a new dimension in New Jersey last week as the state Supreme Court ruled that a ballpark patron hit by a foul ball while buying a beer can sue the park owner for negligence. The ruling alters the long-standing "baseball rule" -- a limited-duty-of-care doctrine that for more than a century has shielded stadium owners from litigation.
7 minute read
June 08, 2001 |

Numbers of Minorities, Women on the Rise on Philadelphia

There are more African-Americans and women but fewer summer associates overall visiting Philadelphia law firms this summer. And after a year of robust salary increases, firms held the line in 2001.
7 minute read
February 07, 2007 |

$8M Settlement Reached in Fatal Pa. Paper Mill Case

An $8 million settlement has been reached in a Philadelphia workplace death case that sparked a hard-fought dispute over the identities of various corporate defendants named in the action. Steven Green died in July 2002 after apparently falling into a high-temperature pulping pit at the paper mill at which he was employed. The dispute arose over which corporate entity was considered Green's employer, as that entity would not be held liable under Pennsylvania workers' compensation laws.
6 minute read
April 03, 2007 |

Is Mentoring the Cure for Minority Attorney Woes?

At a diversity conference held last week at Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, associates said their identity as minority members has led to false perceptions of skill sets and a diminished caseload. One black associate said she was working at her second firm after the only work generated from the first was the overseeing of contract attorneys as they handled document review. But it's not much better at the second firm, she said. Panelists increasingly pointed to the importance of mentors as a solution.
6 minute read
January 25, 2002 |

Key to Title IX Claims: Principal's Knowledge, Indifference

Overturning a $400,000 verdict, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that juries can't hold school districts liable for sexual misconduct by elementary school teachers unless there's proof that the principal had "actual knowledge" of the problem and was "deliberately indifferent." It was unclear whether the jury based its original verdict on the principal's or the guidance counselor's knowledge of alleged inappropriate behavior.
7 minute read
September 24, 2003 |

Burn Victims to Get $5.8 Million From Energy Firms

Mobile Dredging Pumping Co. has agreed to pay $5.8 million to settle lawsuits filed in the wake of a fire in a Philadelphia steam plant -- one brought by the estate of a man who was burned over 96 percent of his body and died 18 hours later, the other by a man who survived burns over 30 percent of his body.
4 minute read
January 03, 2002 |

Paying Excess Verdict Won`t End Bad Faith Claim Against Insurer

An insurer`s payment of excess damages does not extinguish an insured`s cause of action for bad faith refusal of coverage, a divided state Supreme Court has decided.
6 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

Law Firms Identified by Corporate Clients

The following is a list of law firms identified by corporate clients as reported in Pennsylvania as reported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
7 minute read
November 30, 2010 |

Largest Firms by City (Harrisburg)

The following is a list of the largest law firms in the city of Harrisburg ranked by the number of full-time attorneys asreported in the 2010 edition of PaLAW magazine.
3 minute read
May 06, 1999 |

PA Supreme Court: No Benefits Because Indictment 'Normal Condition' for Cop

A Philadelphia police officer's involvement in a criminal indictment and prosecution does not constitute abnormal working conditions, the state Supreme Court has ruled, and therefore the officer does not qualify for workers' compensation benefits for the psychological injuries he says he suffered.
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