Max Mitchell

December 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has reaffirmed its decision to allow a car company to argue a controversial theory of injury during rollover accidents that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration arguably disavowed in 2009.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A public electricity distribution company can construct a transmission line over a portion of the Susquehanna River, the Commonwealth Court has ruled, despite one judge saying that the environmental impact on the "pristine" landscape had not been properly considered.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The passing year began with a flurry of changes for small and midsized firms across the state, with leadership transitions, group laterals, additions and splits continuing throughout the year.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

December 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments over whether an attorney, who declined to undergo a chemical test following his arrest for allegedly driving under the influence but offered to alternatively take breathalyzer and urinalysis tests, should have his driver's license suspended for one year.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Videotaped out-of-court testimony of a 4-year-old that was introduced under the Tender Years Hearsay Act after the child was unresponsive on the witness stand violated the defendant's rights under the confrontation clause of the Sixth Amendment, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

December 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A review of roughly 4,000 emails sent between members of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and the Office of the Attorney General has revealed that no improper communications between members of the two bodies took place, according to a report released by the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts on Dec. 19.

By P.J. D'Annunzio and Max Mitchell

6 minute read

December 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The trial over whether a $60 million sanction against Penn State University should go to the NCAA or into state coffers has been pushed back nearly a month.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

December 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The trial over whether a $60 million sanction against Penn State University should go to the NCAA or into state coffers has been pushed back nearly a month.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

December 18, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Insureds should be able to assign bad-faith claims against their carriers to injured third parties, the state Supreme Court has ruled in a question posed to the justices by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 17, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court will not overturn an approximately $154 million class-action damages award against Wal-Mart, under a per curiam decision issued Monday.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read