Max Mitchell

July 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

The number of female and minority attorneys at plaintiffs firms in Pennsylvania has shown little change since last year, according to The Legal's eighth annual survey looking at diversity at the largest plaintiffs firms in the state. But a few firms stood out from the rest by adding to the diversity of the trial bar. And there has been progress since The Legal's first study of diversity in the trial bar eight years ago.

By Lizzy McLellan 
and MAx Mitchell

8 minute read

July 02, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affirmed for the second time the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, but it also may have given the defense bar a little more of a bargaining chip when it comes to personal-injury cases.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A recent U.S. Supreme Court decision affirmed for the second time the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, but it also may have given the defense bar a little more of a bargaining chip when it comes to personal-injury cases.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 01, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $3 million to a carpenter who broke his shoulder after the temporary stairway he was walking on collapsed.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

June 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia jury has awarded $3 million to a carpenter who broke his shoulder after the temporary stairway he was walking on collapsed.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

June 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Citing the rapid advance of technology, a smartphone and computer repair company will not be able to enforce a noncompete agreement against a former employee, a court of common pleas judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

June 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Reinforcing a prior decision on a first-impression issue, the state Superior Court has ruled that a plaintiff's wrongful-death and survival actions against a nursing home facility will not need to be bifurcated so one claim can go to a jury trial and the other to arbitration.

By Max mitchell

6 minute read

June 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although there are some unresolved issues over an $18.5 million judgment against Safeway and Genuardi's Family Markets, the state Supreme Court's recent decision to deny allocatur is expected to effectively end more than 12 years of litigation in the case.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

June 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A motorcyclist who fractured her pelvis after being hit by a sedan in Dauphin County has settled her claim against the defendant driver for $1.2 million.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

June 30, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia jury has rendered a defense verdict for a pediatrician over claims that he failed to diagnose an infant's cataract.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read