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Aleeza Furman

Aleeza Furman

Aleeza Furman is a Philadelphia-based litigation reporter with The Legal Intelligencer. Contact her at [email protected].

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August 08, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Gas Station Workers Reach $18.5M Settlement Over Fatal Tank Explosion

"Oftentimes in explosion cases, you have federal agencies that do really thorough investigations," Howell said. "In this one we were just told essentially, 'It was an accidental explosion involving a shop vac.' We got nothing else."

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August 08, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Appeals Court Shuts Down Bid for Clarity Amid 'Mallory' Uncertainty

Defendant Syngenta Crop Protection had urged the Superior Court to permit its appeal, arguing that there was an "urgent need for clarity concerning the constitutional and jurisdictional questions left in Mallory's wake."

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August 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Strategy Sharing and Judicial Elections: What the Pa. Association for Justice's New President Has Planned for the Year Ahead

"We always keep our eye on bills that are being proposed. And again, our goal is to make sure whatever laws are passed are fair and equitable to everybody, not just the insurance industry or the hospital associations," Luxenberg Garbett Kelly George partner Lawrence Kelly said.

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August 07, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Incoming Pittsburgh Civil Division Leader Aims to Bring Trial Scheduling Under Court Control

"You don't know until you try. I know it was attempted before and it didn't happen," Hertzberg said.

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August 06, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Jury Hits Temple Hospital With $44.9M Verdict Over Patient's Post-Discharge Choking Injuries

In order to prove the hospital's negligence, plaintiffs counsel had to refute their own client's version of events.

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August 02, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philips Sues Lab Over Allegedly Faulty Research That Spurred Major Breathing Machine Recall

"Philips RS has spent hundreds of millions of dollars toward this recall and would have pursued a different and more focused recall had PSN not made its serious mistakes and greatly overestimated the potential threat to patients," the plaintiffs claimed.

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July 31, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pa. Supreme Court to Weigh Whether Estates May Challenge Faulty Death Certificate Findings

"More fundamentally, before you think about a malpractice suit or a wrongful death suit, it enables somebody to have an avenue to get the judiciary involved when it comes to a point when the coroner or medical examiner are acting absolutely unreasonably," Podraza said.

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July 31, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Phila. Plaintiffs Avoid Mass Tort Treatment as Infant Formula Litigation Heats Up

While the two formula cases to go to trial this year were against product manufacturers, the Philadelphia litigation brings hospital defendants into the mix.

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July 30, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Third Circuit Revives Religious Discrimination Suit Over Phila. DA's Vaccine Mandate

A lawyer for the plaintiff said the ruling "could create a lot of litigation for people who work for municipal governments."

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July 26, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

DOJ: Ex-Pa. Prosecutor's Statements on 2020 Election Fraud Investigation Misled Public

"I handled this investigation properly from start to finish and my public statements were explicitly approved by the AG or his senior staff," former U.S. attorney David Freed contended.

By Aleeza Furman

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