Max Mitchell

April 11, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A defendant in a motor vehicle case may introduce at trial evidence of a plaintiff's prior drug and alcohol use to rebut the plaintiff's damages claims, a federal judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

8 minute read

April 07, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The family of a 7-year-old who was allegedly brain damaged after falling out of a third-story window has settled with ­numerous parties for more than $5.5 million.

By Max Mitchell

10 minute read

April 07, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia judge is urging the Commonwealth Court to affirm her decision to have Internet browsing records of assistant district attorney Frank Fina of the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office made public under a Right-to-Know request.

By Max Mitchell

9 minute read

April 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The first of several Paxil birth-defect cases expected to hit trial may have ended abruptly, but court watchers do not expect the litigation to be coming to an end so soon.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

April 06, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney who provided "wrong" advice to a client during settlement talks has been disqualified from representing that client in a fee dispute that has arisen between the company and the ­attorney's former firm.

By Max Mitchell

9 minute read

April 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Nearly 70 victims of an alleged Ponzi scheme are seeking more than $11 million from three financial institutions for their alleged roles in a scam they claim was perpetrated by a Dauphin County attorney who committed suicide in 2014.

By Max Mitchell

8 minute read

April 02, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Criminal charges being filed against supervisors and administrators for failing to stop or report child sex abuse are on the rise nationwide, and Pennsylvania may be at the epicenter, according to court watchers.

By Max Mitchell

12 minute read

April 02, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the mindset surrounding criminal justice is undergoing a sea change around the country, a longtime leader at Philadelphia's criminal courts has made a switch from the judicial to the executive branch in an effort to help the city better address some of its looming criminal justice problems.

By Max Mitchell

10 minute read

March 30, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

As Louis Freeh sought to dismiss ex-Penn State President Graham Spanier's defamation suit against him this week, the NCAA has won the release of several contested documents in a related defamation suit filed against it by the family of Joe Paterno.

By Max Mitchell

15 minute read

March 30, 2016 | New Jersey Law Journal

Plaintiffs lawyers haven been winning a steady stream of big products liability verdicts against Johnson & Johnson recently, and some have suggested the company's size makes it a bigger target for litigation—and also more willing to take cases to trial. But the heavy burden of litigation facing the company may have others questioning the company's direction and management.

By Charles Toutant and Max Mitchell

14 minute read