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February 05, 2003 |

Statutory Employee Can't Sue Fellow Worker

Employees of two subcontractors working at one job site are considered co-employees for purposes of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, the Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled. Therefore, employees cannot sue each other for alleged negligence at the job site that results in disability or death, the three-judge panel ruled in a case involving a 300-pound steel pipe that was suddenly dropped, pinning a worker against a wall.
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October 08, 2009 |

$36 Mil. Agreement Reached in Montco Apartment Fire

Less than 14 months after a devastating apartment building fire in Conshohocken, Pa., left scores of residents homeless, lawyers unveiled a global settlement worth more than $36 million that will resolve all property damage and insurance claims.
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January 15, 2013 |

People in the News

Each year, we at The Legal take a look back at all the lateral moves in Pennsylvania in an effort to determine the 10 most important lateral hires of the previous year.
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July 24, 2002 |

Employer Liens: The Pain and Suffering Quandary?

The Commonwealth Court may have finally resolved the pain and suffering apportionment debate in the case of Thompson v. WCAB (USF&G Co.), No. 174 C.D. 1997 (filed June 21, 2002). The issue was clear: Could a personal injury settlement be immunized from an employer`s or compensation carrier`s lien by characterizing the settlement as pain and suffering?
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July 20, 2010 |

Medical Expert Report Not Needed to Connect Injury to Job

A machinist who claimed to not know her metatarsal work boots were causing neuroma in her left foot was barred from collecting workers' compensation benefits because there was "substantial" evidence in the record to suggest she knew of the connection earlier, a Commonwealth Court panel has ruled.
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August 07, 2012 |

People in the News

Following are the names of the 35 Pennsylvania attorneys who have been selected as this year's "Lawyers on the Fast Track."
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August 31, 2005 |

Pa. Attorneys' Record $60M Verdict Upheld

Upholding verdicts of more than $60 million, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has rejected appeals by a sprinkler system maker that was held partially liable for a warehouse fire destroying millions of documents. The panel rejected the argument that the sprinkler system was not a "product" as that term is defined in products liability law because it was not completely installed at the time of the fire. The verdicts are the largest ever in Luzerne County, Pa., and stem from the county's longest-running trial.
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August 31, 2005 |

Pa. Attorneys' Record $60M Verdict Upheld

Upholding verdicts of more than $60 million, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has rejected appeals by a sprinkler system maker that was held partially liable for a warehouse fire destroying millions of documents. The panel rejected the argument that the sprinkler system was not a "product" as that term is defined in products liability law because it was not completely installed at the time of the fire. The verdicts are the largest ever in Luzerne County, Pa., and stem from the county's longest-running trial.
6 minute read
August 03, 2010 |

PEOPLE IN THE NEWS

Addition Joseph Cagnoli Jr. has joined Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney 's Philadelphia office as a shareholder.
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July 18, 2006 |

Pa. Justices Let Stand Record-Setting $65 Million Verdicts

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has refused to review the two largest verdicts -- worth more than $65 million -- ever handed up by Luzerne County juries. The high court's ruling upholds a decision that rejected the appeals of a sprinkler system manufacturer that was held partially liable for a warehouse fire that destroyed millions of stored documents. The Superior Court rejected the argument that the sprinkler system was not a "product" because it was not completely installed at the time of the fire.
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