Max Mitchell

September 16, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

On March 11, 2010, plaintiff Bruce Roemer, 54, a contractor-painter, was driving a pickup truck westward along Oxford Valley Road in Falls Township, when the side of his vehicle was struck by an SUV being driven along Trenton Road by Patricia Cattani, according to court documents. Cattani's vehicle was owned by Cattani's Beverages Inc., doing business as Cattani's US 1 Beer. The plaintiffs' memo said Roemer sustained fractures, back and neck soft-tissue injuries and permanent traumatic brain injury.

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 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

For the leader of a midsized law firm, daily life is marked by constant balancing between keeping an active practice and managing the firm's business and strategic operations.

By Max Mitchell and Gina Passarella

7 minute read

September 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Centre County judge said he will allow to proceed the lawsuit by the estate of Joe Paterno against the NCAA, but with 16 former plaintiffs stripped from the case.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

September 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The attorney for former Penn State University President Graham B. Spanier is pointing to the Moulton report as reason to believe that prosecutors have access to several emails pertaining to the three former university administrators facing charges related to the handling of the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

September 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Whether or not Cozen O'Connor will be able to forgive the $450,000 in legal bills U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Pa., racked up during a failed mayoral bid in 2007 is the highlight case on the docket for the state Supreme Court's oral argument session in Philadelphia this week.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

September 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Relying on the state Supreme Court's recent interpretation of Act 13, a Lycoming County judge has denied an energy company's bid to construct an oil and gas well pad in the county.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has reaffirmed that the mortgage registry MERS has the authority to assign a mortgage.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although the language of an insurance clause rejecting underinsured motorist coverage was legally sufficient, it failed to specify whether the cancellation applied to subsequent policies, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The NCAA has moved to dismiss its challenge to a state law mandating that the $60 million consent decree it levied against Penn State University following the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal must be paid into a state endowment fund.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read