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February 3, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Following a seven-day trial in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, a jury sided with defendant Northeast Treatment Services, finding the nonprofit social services organization was not negligent in providing in-home services to a now-deceased infant and his minor siblings.
By Riley Brennan
4 minute read
February 2, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Michael Pansini, counsel for the plaintiff, said he plans to appeal the decision, calling the statutory employer doctrine "anachronistic": "It should not be the law of the land in Pennsylvania anymore."
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
January 31, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"Ultimately, the court finds that a jury could reasonably conclude that the troopers' alleged conduct was not objectively reasonable and that the allegedly violated rights had been clearly established at the time that they killed Mr. Ardo," U.S. District Judge Edward Smith of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wrote.
By Riley Brennan
5 minute read
January 31, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
When you can and cannot send a fax was recently considered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which ultimately concluded that the Federal Communications Commission's "free-seminar pretext theory" is inapplicable to claims brought under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
January 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"Mrs. O'Brien's interest in appealing the discovery order is no different from any party seeking to keep relevant, inculpatory evidence out of court," the appeals court said. "That interest—common to all civil defendants—does not constitute a right too important to be denied immediate review under Pa.R.A.P. 313(b)."
By Riley Brennan
4 minute read
January 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"Mrs. Corey established a prima facie case of corporate negligence, that the hospital violated its duty to oversee all persons who practice medicine within its walls as to patient care, when it failed to administer the appropriate testing of her husband upon his arrival at the emergency room," the majority concluded.
By Riley Brennan
7 minute read
January 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
In a Jan. 18 press release, the JCB made no mention of the previous chief counsel, Francis Puskas, who took over the role in February 2022 and apparently departed last fall.
By Riley Brennan
2 minute read
January 18, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"Our disposition of this case may not, however, serve as the basis to open the floodgates for other wine expanded permit holders to engage in the same practices as licensee, nor does it allow licensee to continue these practices," the appeals court said in reversing citations and fines against a restaurant owner.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
January 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"There is nothing abstract about the harm of being confined to an institutional environment with allegedly deficient hiring, retention, supervision, and incident response policies—policies that have, according to the [first amended complaint], caused plaintiffs to suffer repeated incidents of abuse and that by all accounts remain in place," U.S. District Judge Anita Brody wrote.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
January 12, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
"We find appellants' counsel's deflection of responsibility onto the trial court to be disingenuous and his lack of understanding of appellate practice appalling," the Superior Court said.
By Riley Brennan
4 minute read
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