Max Mitchell

March 04, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has denied a woman's bid to pursue a claim against the doctor who allegedly left a surgical sponge in her during a mastectomy, despite a lower court's suggestion that the justices reconsider existing case law on how broadly prior civil settlements can be applied.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

March 02, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

An investigating grand jury has found that for decades several priests in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown sexually abused hundreds of children and two bishops acted to cover up the acts, but the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General said charges will not be forthcoming.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

After a Pittsburgh man was misidentified by police during a traffic stop, shot at and paralyzed in an ensuing car crash, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has affirmed his sentence of "guilty without further penalty" for failing to stop at a stop sign.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

February 29, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Penn State is seeking to transfer from Philadelphia a lawsuit brought by the family of a freshman who committed suicide after being hazed.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has declined to take up the appeal of a mother seeking to hold a casino civilly liable for a valet who did not withhold car keys from her visibly intoxicated son, who later died in a car crash.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Lawsuits against generic drugmakers have typically been a small but significant slice of the mass tort litigation pie in Philadelphia, but according to attorneys who work in the pharmaceutical arena, that slice has shrunk to nearly nothing.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

February 26, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's Rape Shield Law does not apply in a prosecution on charges of endangering the welfare of a child, the state Superior Court has said, reversing the conviction of a woman who failed to call police after her adoptive daughter reported she had been sexually assaulted.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 24, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

A former Penn State administrator facing criminal charges over his handling of sex-abuse allegations is seeking to preserve a possible legal malpractice suit against the university's former in-house attorney who became central to the prosecution against him.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

February 24, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary that was recently hit with a $13.5 million verdict over one of its pelvic mesh products has asked the court to toss the verdict.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

February 20, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

During closing arguments in the latest pelvic mesh trial in Philadelphia, plaintiffs attorney Shanin Specter called the conduct of the defendant company heads "beyond reckless," saying it made him want to throw his lectern out the courtroom window.

By Max Mitchell

8 minute read