Mason Lawlor

November 07, 2022 | Daily Report Online

Bailey International tendered the $11 million in total coverage, with a $1 million insurance policy and $10 million in excess coverage.

By Mason Lawlor

2 minute read

October 27, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"A property owner is not an insurer of social guests, and the Whiteheads are not presumed to be negligent "merely because [Tamira] sustained [her] injury while rightfully on their premises."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

October 25, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"They will say anything, they will do anything, they will hire anybody to say anything on their behalf to keep their hands wrapped around their money, and not give Jonathan hope for the future."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

October 24, 2022 | Law.com

"Many of the entries appeared exaggerated given the type of work performed or the amount of time it was documented to have actually taken," the court wrote in its order of reciprocal discipline.

By Mason Lawlor

4 minute read

October 19, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"Venue for the crime of making terroristic threats can lie in the county where the threatening communication was sent or the one where it was received," Presiding Judge Anne Barnes wrote.

By Mason Lawlor

2 minute read

October 17, 2022 | Law.com

"After becoming aware of the error, Mr. Duke failed to take proper action to facilitate the transfer of the funds to the Court Clerk or to amend the order of guardianship," the court wrote. "Mr. Duke also failed to maintain good communication with his client during the representation."

By Mason Lawlor

2 minute read

October 17, 2022 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted the Office of Disciplinary Counsel's recommendation to suspend an attorney for one year after he made unwanted sexual advances toward a client and botched her child custody case.

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

October 12, 2022 | Law.com

"Wharton's address was obviously known because the State mailed a summons to Wharton's address in Georgia," Judge Anthony N. Lawrence wrote in the appellate court's opinion. "[But] because the State attempted service of process by certified mail but never received or filed a return receipt indicating Wharton had been served and never received or filed the envelope marked 'refused,' the State never completed service of process on Wharton as required in Rule 4(c)(5)."

By Mason Lawlor

5 minute read

October 11, 2022 | Daily Report Online

"If John had gotten the treatment he deserved in a timely manner, he would not be locked in today."

By Mason Lawlor

3 minute read

October 11, 2022 | Law.com

"Because Plaintiffs' allegations against Erlanger were that of vicarious liability and not direct liability, we hold consist with Gilreath, as did the Trial Court, that there was no genuine issue of material fact and that Erlanger is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law because the GTLA prevented Erlanger from being held vicariously liable for the actions of non-employees," Chief Judge D. Michael Swiney wrote. "Therefore, we affirm the Trial Court's grant of summary judgment in favor or Erlanger."

By Mason Lawlor

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