By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 2, 2019
A man injured after falling 10 feet from a platform on a construction site has settled his lawsuit against the general contractor for $7.8 million, according to his lawyers.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | May 2, 2019
A shorthanded Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that state law does not impose a mandatory duty to record mortgages or mortgage assignments in a county office for the recorder of deeds.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 2, 2019
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has refused Greyhound Lines' request to toss a $15 million verdict stemming from a case in which 23 passengers were injured when a bus collided with a tractor trailer.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | May 2, 2019
I was in court the other day for argument before the judge on a legal issue. After opposing counsel finished his argument—but before I could start—the judge made a decision and ruled in my favor. But I am aware that there is case law on point argumentative. What obligation do I have, if any, to so advise the judge?
By Max Mitchell | May 2, 2019
A Philadelphia jury has hit a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary with a $120 million verdict for allegedly failing to warn about the dangers of one of its pelvic mesh products.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Molly E. Meacham | May 2, 2019
One of the key questions for any dispute is forum. Most parties are limited to selecting from the available court or courts provided by state and federal law as a function of jurisdiction and venue.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Larry E. Coben | May 2, 2019
As the Tincher court addressed the historical rationale for strict liability in product cases and grappled with the niceties and distinctions between tort principles of negligence and strict liability, the court embraced two legal tests jurors should be instructed to use in deciding whether a product is defective: the consumer expectation test (CET) and the risk utility test (RUT).
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David G. Mandelbaum | May 2, 2019
When several parties are responsible for a Superfund site, often some parties resolve their obligations to the government before other parties. How the government and the courts account for those settlements matters to the exposure of the remaining parties.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Wayne Pollock | May 2, 2019
When you threaten adversaries with negative publicity, you are playing with fire.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | April 30, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that Eric Frein's conviction and death sentence for shooting and killing a State Trooper and injuring another was proper, despite the admission of some questionable victim impact evidence at trial.
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