Max Mitchell

December 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has remanded a potential defamation suit against Louis J. Freeh to state court, effectively ending for now Freeh's attempts to have the federal court take up the case.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

In clarifying a 2011 state Supreme Court decision, the Commonwealth Court has ruled that the city of Philadelphia will not be able to recoup funds from a third-party settlement reached by a police officer who received Heart and Lung Act benefits after his cruiser was rear-ended by a drunk driver.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The fine line prosecutors must walk when introducing evidence or making reference to a defendant's pre-arrest silence was on display in two plurality decisions issued by the state Supreme Court late last month.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

December 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pharmacies have not been overcharging attorneys for medical records, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 25, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

If products liability law in Pennsylvania was messy, the state Supreme Court's decision last week in Tincher v. Omega Flex wiped the slate clean. But now many attorneys are wondering what's going to happen with the blank canvas they've been left with.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

November 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Suzuki will not be held liable for an allegedly defective four-wheeled all-terrain vehicle that flipped onto and severely injured the 14-year-old driver, an Allegheny County jury has determined.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 24, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The remaining two defendants in the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission case have each pleaded guilty to felony conflict of interest.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 21, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has held that Pennsylvania will continue to follow the Restatement (Second) of Torts in products liability cases.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

November 20, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Potter County judge has denied Pepper Hamilton's motion to preclude documents related to the creation of the Freeh report from the suit between the family of Joe Paterno and the NCAA.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

November 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The attorney representing the first Catholic Church administrative official convicted of endangering the welfare of children abused by other priests argued Tuesday before the state Supreme Court that the conviction should not stand because the official did not have any supervisory interactions with the children.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read