Ben Seal

November 17, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In ruling on a raft of motions in limine in a products liability suit, a Clarion County trial judge said "considerable confusion" has been created by the state Supreme Court's 2014 decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex, which said Pennsylvania would continue to follow the Restatement (Second) of Torts.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

In ruling on a raft of motions in limine in a products liability suit, a Clarion County trial judge said "considerable confusion" has been created by the state Supreme Court's 2014 decision in Tincher v. Omega Flex, which said Pennsylvania would continue to follow the Restatement (Second) of Torts.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Bad-faith penalties for government agencies that fail to pay contractors and stepparents' responsibility for child support are among the issues the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to hear this week in a relatively light argument session in Harrisburg, the last during Justice Correale F. Stevens' interim term.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Litigants are likely to push for the rehearing of certain hot-button issues by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, as well as those decided by a deeply divided bench during its five-justice year, once a fully constituted, seven-member court is in place next year, appellate attorneys said.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A woman whose cancer diagnosis was delayed more than four years by her doctors' failure to report a mass on her lung has been awarded a $3 million verdict by a Jefferson County jury. The verdict is the largest ever reported in Jefferson County, according to a review of The Legal's annual listing of top verdicts and settlements.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 16, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A woman whose cancer diagnosis was delayed more than four years by her doctors' failure to report a mass on her lung has been awarded a $3 million verdict by a Jefferson County jury. The verdict is the largest ever reported in Jefferson County, according to a review of The Legal's annual listing of top verdicts and settlements.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 13, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane changed course the afternoon of Nov. 13, reversing a decision she had made that morning to ignore a Senate committee's subpoena for information about the operations of the Office of Attorney General since her law license was suspended.

By Ben Seal and Lizzy McLellan

5 minute read

November 13, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane changed course the afternoon of Nov. 13, reversing a decision she had made that morning to ignore a Senate committee's subpoena for information about the operations of the Office of Attorney General since her law license was suspended.

By Ben Seal and Lizzy McLellan

5 minute read

November 11, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, appearing under oath last week to answer questions in Jerry Sandusky's appeal, insisted that she did not mean to imply she had information about the source of grand jury leaks.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

November 10, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane, appearing under oath last week to answer questions in Jerry Sandusky's appeal, insisted that she did not mean to imply she had information about the source of grand jury leaks.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read