The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer | October 12, 2017
In response to perceived plaintiff-friendly jury instructions suggested in the wake of the state Supreme Court's landmark products liability ruling in Tincher v. Omega Flex, the Pennsylvania Defense Institute has released its own list of suggested jury instructions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christopher Marzzacco | October 12, 2017
The evolution of the automotive industry in the United States continues, changing from traditional to “highly automated” vehicles (HAVs).
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 22, 2017
In this asbestos litigation, plaintiffs' wrongful death claim was time-barred because they failed to amend the complaint to include such a claim within two years of the date on which one of the plaintiffs was diagnosed with mesothelioma.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | September 19, 2017
PRODUCTS LIABILITY
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 11, 2017
Venue was proper in this personal injury action against two alleged tortfeasors in the county where one of them had an office, and which was also the county where the accident occurred. Where plaintiff did not allege sufficient factual detail about the accident and the parties' employment relationship, the court granted a preliminary objection and allowed plaintiff to amend.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 11, 2017
The defendant insurer was obligated to provide a defense to plaintiff, a manufacturer of fire engines facing hundreds of firefighter claims of occupational noise-induced hearing loss, where the coverage provided was primary under the general provisions of the applicable policies rather than excess, as the insurer maintained. The court denied the defendant's motion for summary judgment.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
A party who agreed to a settlement on the record was not entitled to invalidation of the settlement where that party unreasonably refused to sign a release to effectuate the settlement.
By Max Mitchell | July 19, 2017
The high-profile litigation in Missouri over talcum powder might be beginning to cool down, thanks to a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision, but a talc-related litigation in Pennsylvania is beginning to heat up, and may set a pattern for a growing area for tort claims.
By Lizzy McLellan | July 10, 2017
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius has taken a leader from Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott's products liability group, adding to its Pittsburgh office.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 16, 2017
Summary judgment was premature where plaintiff alleged sufficient facts for a fact-finder to conclude that defendant acted with intent to harm plaintiff by convincing plaintiff's distributors to cancel their contracts with plaintiff. Defendant's motion for summary judgment denied.
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