Max Mitchell

September 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A supervising grand jury judge has lifted stays on the right-to-know requests from several media outlets seeking purportedly pornographic materials uncovered during the investigation into how the state Attorney General's Office handled the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse case.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Evidence that a dangerous crime occurred anywhere in the Steamtown Mall parking garage provided a sufficient basis to dismiss the mall's argument that it had no duty to ensure the safety of a business invitee who was injured during an alleged carjacking attempt, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether an endorsement of a union president candidate by the nonprofit corporation that administers benefits for the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police was an improper use of public money and violated the group's articles of incorporation and bylaws.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 23, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to the plaintiffs' pretrial memorandum, on Aug. 20, 2010, John Cancelleri, 83, retired, was driving a Mercury Sable south along Route 307 in Spring Brook Township, Pa., when a Ford Mustang traveling north made a left turn. The Mustang struck Cancelleri's vehicle in a head-on collision, the memo said. Cancelleri's vehicle was equipped with a driver's-side airbag, but it did not deploy.

By Max Mitchell

8 minute read

September 22, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Insurance boutique Nelson Brown Hamilton & Krekstein, which since February has shed 30 attorneys, has parted ways with six more attorneys and several key staff positions, sources close to the firm have said.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 17, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Allegheny County jury has awarded nearly $16 million to a woman who sustained a severe brain injury in an auto accident while on her way to the rehearsal dinner for her daughter's wedding.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney representing the Pennsylvania insurance commissioner argued before the state Supreme Court that when considering a rehabilitator's plan to liquidate an insurance carrier, the courts should defer to the experts.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Allowing the costs associated with retaining counsel to count as an ascertainable loss under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law would lead to a "cottage industry" of "private attorneys general," an attorney representing a car rental company argued before the state Supreme Court in Philadelphia last week.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

September 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A party joined in a case as an involuntary plaintiff is not immune to counterclaims brought by a defendant, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A critic of the Lehigh County district attorney has been asked by a lawyer for the DA not to destroy documents related to statements the critic made on a talk radio program.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read