The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alan Nochumson | March 8, 2018
In Collins v. Philadelphia Suburban Development, 2018 Pa. Super. LEXIS 72 (Jan. 31, 2018), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld a verdict against a slip and fall plaintiff who filed a negligence claim against a property sidewalk owner, Philadelphia Suburban Development Corp. (PSDC), and a snow removal company, Ross's Home Improvement (Ross), following a slip-and-fall incident that occurred during an active blizzard.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Christian Petrucci | March 1, 2018
Normally, work injuries arise when an employee is injured on or off the employer's premises, while actually engaged in furtherance of the employer's business or affairs. Last week, in US Airways v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board Bockelman, No. 612 C.D. 2017, the Commonwealth Court revisited the less common compensability of a workers' compensation claim based on a premises theory of liability.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | March 1, 2018
With one case involving a student who suffered a concussion in his school's gymnasium and another involving a man who drowned during a triathlon, liability for sports-related claims are set to highlight the state Supreme Court's argument session scheduled to begin March 6 in Philadelphia.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | February 22, 2018
The justices unanimously reversed the Commonwealth Court's ruling in Cagey v. Commonwealth that the state is immune from claims seeking to hold it responsible for dangerous guardrails.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | February 14, 2018
An Allegheny County jury has awarded $1.7 million to the family of a boy who was struck in the head by a foul ball during a youth baseball game and suffered a brain injury.
By VerdictSearch | February 8, 2018
On May 3, 2015, plaintiff Paulette Isaac, 57, was walking on Commissioner Street, in North Philadelphia, when she tripped and fell. She asserted that she had been walking on the sidewalk at 3429 W. Commissioner St. when her foot caught on a patch of temporary asphalt, causing her to fall and land face-first. She claimed she suffered brain damage.
By VerdictSearch | February 1, 2018
On June 2, 2014, plaintiff Ann Marie Pearson, in her mid-50s, was descending the exterior stairs of a condominium she had rented in Sea Isle City, New Jersey.
By Max Mitchell | January 25, 2018
A man injured by a street light that was knocked over by a reversing truck agreed to settle his claims against multiple defendants for $2.75 million.
By VerdictSearch | December 21, 2017
On the night of Dec. 8, 2013, plaintiff Suzanne Whitley, 67, a sales representative and administrative assistant, was walking her dog in Norristown. She was on Taft Road, a suburban residential street. When she was near number 3127, she slipped on a patch of ice and fell on her right hand as she extended it to brace her fall.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | December 7, 2017
A hospital nurse who slipped and injured herself on a wet spot in a scrub room can pursue her negligence claim against the health care support company she alleged was responsible for supervising the maintenance and cleaning of the room, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
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