Curt Schroder

June 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

These reports highlight a very disturbing trend in the commonwealth, a trend that needs to be reversed to right-size the state's legal climate.

By Curt Schroder

4 minute read

September 14, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The repeal of Rule 1006(a.1)—coupled with the recent trend of nuclear verdicts in Philadelphia County and the Superior Court's precedential decision in Hangey v. Husqvarna Professional Products, 247 A.3d 1136 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021), appeal granted, 278 A.3d 301 (Pa. 2022), holding that venue could lie over a defendant who does only 0.005% of its annual business in the forum—has raised concerns over a return of the medical liability crisis that led to the adoption of the Rule 1006(a.1) in the first place.

By Curt Schroder

5 minute read

August 12, 2021 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania appellate courts have condoned efforts to dismantle the groundbreaking legislation piece by piece.

By Curt Schroder

7 minute read

December 26, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer

It is clear from the tone of the Philadelphia Trial Lawyers Association president's letter to the editor that the American Tort Reform Association's (ATRA) "Judicial Hellholes" report struck a nerve.

By Curt Schroder

3 minute read