The Superior Court ruled that sanctions "must be based in the rules or supported by contempt law, and must be based on actions in the individual case, not a courtwide policy for imposition of sanctions.”
July 09, 2024 at 03:05 PM
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Litigation Reporter
The original version of this story was published on The Legal Intelligencer
A recent Pennsylvania Superior Court ruling undercut a tool employed by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas in an effort to clear its medical malpractice backlogs.
A three-judge panel held Monday that the Philadelphia trial court’s policy of sanctioning attorneys for failing to exchange expert reports on time was not, in and of itself, sufficient grounds to penalize counsel who missed the deadline.
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First Judicial District of Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas Trial Division building in downtown Philadelphia, April 9, 2018. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
