• Eastmond v. Galkin

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge McHugh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 21-5280

    Family and Medical Leave Act interference claim was plausible where there were genuine issues of material fact as to whether proposed reassignment following return from leave was substantially equivalent to prior role. Defendants' motion for summary judgment granted in part and denied in part, plaintiff's motion for partial summary judgment denied.

  • Zorn v. Jefferson Health

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Legal Services
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Woods-Skipper
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00189

    In this §1925(a) opinion, the court asked the Superior Court to dismiss the appeal of its order approving a petition to settle wrongful death and survivor action including the court's directive that attorneys' fees and costs in dispute be deposited in escrow pending resolution of a dispute pending in Commerce Court in a proper exercise of its judicial discretion pursuant to 42 Pa. C.S. §323.

  • Mazzuca v. Abreu

    Publication Date: 2024-02-23
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Stevens
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1264 EDA 2023

    Trial court erred in determining there were no contested issues of fact regarding venue and remand was required for evidence as to whether venue was proper in Philadelphia based on appellant's claim that she served appellee Abreu at her "office or usual place of business" pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 402(a)(2)(iii). Vacated and remanded.

  • Redos v. UPMC Susquehanna

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 19-00528

    Defendant medical providers sought summary judgment on plaintiff's claim alleging professional liability regarding treatment of a patient who was suffering a mental illness. The court denied defendants' motion where plaintiff's expert opined that defendants acted in gross deviation from the standard of care for a patient suffering from a delirium, with the result that defendants could be ineligible for the limited immunity afforded under the Mental Health Procedures Act.

  • Ford v. Cheltenham Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Personal Injury
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Lane
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2880 EDA 2023

    This §1925(a) opinion was submitted by the court in support of its order granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of appellee Cheltenham Nursing in a slip and fall case.

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  • Truesdale v. Albert Einstein Healthcare Network

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Civil Rights
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Slomsky
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-1597

    Defendants moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's Americans with Disabilities Act, Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and Philadelphia Fair Practice Ordinance action based on her termination for refusing a COVID-19 vaccination and court found there was a genuine issue dispute as to whether plaintiff had a disability, whether she was a qualified individual and whether defendants engaged in an interactive process but her retaliation claim failed because she failed to prove any retaliatory motive by defendants and defendants articulated

  • N.T. v. The Children's Hosp. of Philadelphia

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Colins
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 3015 EDA 2022

    Trial court correctly dismissed medical malpractice action on grounds of judicial estoppel where theory of liability in present case was incompatible and unreconciled with plaintiff's theory of liability in parallel action. Order of the trial court affirmed.

  • In re: Senior Health Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania

    Publication Date: 2024-02-16
    Practice Area: Insurance Law
    Industry: Health Care | Insurance
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Todd
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 71 MAP 2021

    Insurance rehabilitator possessed broad statutory authority to propose and implement plan for the rehabilitation of a financially-distressed insurer, including when that plan would affect policies issued in other states. Order of the commonwealth court affirmed.

  • Allegheny Reproductive Health Ctr. v. Pennsylvania Dep't of Human Serv.

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Constitutional Law
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: Supreme Court
    Judge: Justice Donohue
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 26 MAP 2021

    Court overruled precedent upholding constitutionality of Coverage Exclusion in the Abortion Control Act since the exclusion created a discriminatory distinction between the sexes and thus was presumptively unconstitutional under the Equal Rights Amendment. Orders of the commonwealth court reversed, case remanded.

  • Estate of Eddy v. Saber Healthcare Group, LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-02-09
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care | Hospitality and Lodging
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County
    Judge: Judge Nealon
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    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2022 CV 1553

    Defendant nursing care facility moved for dismissal or, alternatively, suppression of wrongful death plaintiff's evidence as spoliation sanctions for plaintiff's cremation of his mother's body. The court denied the motion where the cremation occurred some two months before an autopsy report revealed a potential professional liability cause of action against defendants, and where defendants had an opportunity to examine the mother's body, and other evidence was available to challenge plaintiff's claims. The court, however, authorized d