Max Mitchell

August 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The makers of Yaz, Yasmin and Ocella have agreed to provide nearly $56.9 million to establish a settlement program for plaintiffs claiming they suffered arterial blood clots as a result of taking the birth-control drugs.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

August 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A taxpayer will not be able to drop the appeal of her property-tax assessment because a local board improperly revised its decision after it lost jurisdiction, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has tossed a case brought by recorders of deeds throughout the state against Merscorp that had alleged the company failed to create and record property transfers with the county offices.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Berks County Court of Common Pleas judge who levied $18 million in punitive damages and $3 million in attorney fees against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. last year has asked the state Superior Court to reject the insurer's appeal, calling some of the company's arguments "disingenuous" and "ridiculous."

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has revived a man's efforts to claim the life-insurance benefits of his former same-sex domestic partner.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

August 04, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Lehigh County jury found that several doctors and medical facilities were not negligent for allegedly failing to diagnose a woman's fracture and for not stopping her physical-therapy regimen, which she had been undergoing after bilateral knee surgeries.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

August 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A taxpayer will not be able to drop the appeal of her property-tax assessment because a local board improperly revised its decision after it lost jurisdiction, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has revived a man's efforts to claim the life-insurance benefits of his former same-sex domestic partner.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

August 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has tossed a case brought by recorders of deeds throughout the state against Merscorp that had alleged the company failed to create and record property transfers with the county offices.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 03, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Berks County Court of Common Pleas judge who levied $18 million in punitive damages and $3 million in attorney fees against Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. last year has asked the state Superior Court to reject the insurer's appeal, calling some of the company's arguments "disingenuous" and "ridiculous."

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read