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Ben Seal

Ben Seal

Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office. Contact him at [email protected] or @BSealTAL.

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February 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Supreme Court to Hear Impairment Rating Validity Issue

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over the validity of impairment rating evaluations in workers' compensation cases that do not consider additional injuries not yet formally added to the injury description at the time of the IRE.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

February 13, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ostensible-Agency Theory Keeps Hospital in Med Mal Case

A hospital has been denied summary judgment in a medical malpractice case because the plaintiff had sufficient reason to believe the doctor who performed his biopsy was its agent.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

February 12, 2016 | Law.com

Montco Lawyer Suspended for Child-Porn Charges

A Montgomery County attorney has been temporarily suspended by the Disciplinary Board after being criminally charged with multiple counts of possession of child pornography.

By Ben Seal

2 minute read

February 12, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Attorneys Await Answers on Key Products Liability Questions

When Tincher v. Omega Flex landed on products liability attorneys' desks 15 months ago, its 137 pages left them looking for more. The state Supreme Court's fervently awaited decision raised a series of questions, the most pressing of which was when the other foot might drop.

By Ben Seal

7 minute read

February 10, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

AG Kane Survives Senate Vote

The Pennsylvania Senate voted Wednesday against removing state Attorney General Kathleen Kane from office. The vote allows Kane to continue leading the Office of Attorney General as she defends herself against criminal charges and an impeachment investigation that the state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to initiate.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

February 09, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Kane Ignored Court Subpoena in Eakin Case

As the Pennsylvania Senate prepared to vote Wednesday on state Attorney General Kathleen Kane's removal and the state House of Representatives prepared to vote on whether to launch impeachment proceedings, a filing in Justice J. Michael Eakin's disciplinary case said Kane failed to comply with a subpoena from the Court of Judicial Discipline.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

February 09, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sprague's Mediation of Eakin Ethics Case Stalled Last Week

Efforts at mediation in Justice J. Michael Eakin's disciplinary case stalled early last week, according to key parties in the matter.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

February 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Drilling Company Can't Stop Subpoena of Consultant's Tests

Documents produced by an engineering firm hired by a natural gas drilling company to conduct air testing at its sites are not privileged, the Superior Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

4 minute read

February 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Survival, Wrongful-Death Nursing Home Claims Can't Be Split

A survival action against a nursing home over the death of a resident cannot be severed from a wrongful-death action in the same lawsuit and sent to arbitration, the Superior Court has ruled in an opinion that expressed reluctance about being bound by precedent set in 2015.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read

February 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance Dept. Lacks Jurisdiction Over Exchange Dispute

Allegations of impropriety in transactions between an insurance company and a reciprocal insurance exchange are under the jurisdiction of the trial courts, not Pennsylvania's Insurance commissioner, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

5 minute read