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Aleeza Furman is a Philadelphia-based litigation reporter with The Legal Intelligencer. Contact her at [email protected].
July 27, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
A two-day trial in a slip-and-fall case against Walmart ended in a $5 million verdict for a former accountant who attributed the accident to his present-day inability to perform math.
By Aleeza Furman
3 minute read
July 26, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"The decision ignores decades of established jurisprudence and undermines arbitration as a reliable alternative dispute resolution mechanism," Dentons shareholder Chad Wissinger, representing MDS, said.
By Aleeza Furman
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July 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
The case—in which the Judicial Conduct Board accuses Judge Mark Cohen of making inappropriately political statements on his personal Facebook page—presents an issue of first impression.
By Aleeza Furman
4 minute read
July 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"I think any hope for a rational, you know, balance, if you will, established through ratios, at least for now in Pennsylvania, is probably beyond us," said Curt Schroder, executive director of defense-side amicus the Pennsylvania Coalition for Civil Justice Reform.
By Aleeza Furman
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July 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"As the first case that has made a decision about online forced arbitration agreements, it hopefully sends a message … that you can't take away the right to a jury trial guaranteed by the Pennsylvania constitution by simply hiding some language in pages and pages of fine print," said Messa & Associates' Joseph Messa.
By Aleeza Furman
3 minute read
July 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ikea has agreed to pay $13.5 million to resolve claims that a wardrobe's defective design caused the death of a toddler, attorneys said.
By Aleeza Furman
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July 19, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"This case admittedly presents a crossroads for Pennsylvania judicial discipline jurisprudence," the JCB wrote in a court filing.
By Aleeza Furman
4 minute read
July 19, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"Cumulating the punitive verdicts as required under the per-judgment approach obliterates the jury's assessment of each defendant's reprehensibility, and we cannot conceive a reason for doing so where the defendants are not a single corporate entity," Justice Christine Donohue wrote.
By Aleeza Furman
4 minute read
July 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"You can lose the attention of your audience if you're too long winded and don't get right to the point," Jason Javie of Levin & Javie said.
By Aleeza Furman
3 minute read
July 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Bankruptcy counsel for a Pennsylvania business' trustee agreed in a July 14 stipulation to withdraw an arbitration appeal that stood in the way of the defendants' collection of the money.
By Aleeza Furman
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