Max Mitchell

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

September 09, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to a pretrial memorandum from the plaintiffs, 54-year-old plaintiff Debbie McAdams exited a taxicab at Ninth Street and Washington Avenue in the Italian Market in Philadelphia. As she walked on the sidewalk outside M&L Donuts, which was owned by defendants Michael Chan and Linda Ma Chan, McAdams, who was working as an assistant bank manager, tripped and fell. McAdams allegedly sustained a hand injury.

By Max Mitchell

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September 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to court documents, on Nov. 19, 2009, Brian Mark Patton, a 37-year-old Pennsylvania resident who worked as a corrections officer but was serving a tour of duty as a reservist for the U.S. Navy, was driving an SUV along a two-lane road in Kuwait with David Morgan, who was also a corrections officer serving a tour of duty, as passenger.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The uphill battle defendants faced when trying to get their cases moved from a plaintiff's chosen venue has been leveled somewhat thanks to the state Supreme Court's decision last month in Bratic v. Rubendall, according to attorneys who spoke with the Law Weekly.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has declined to hear argument on whether online commenters have a constitutional right to falsely attribute nonsatirical postings to someone with direct connection to the subject matter.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 02, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear argument on whether a plaintiff may state a claim for vicarious liability against a hospital for the alleged conduct of an emergency room doctor by pointing out that she was part of an emergency response team and had not previously treated the patient.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

August 29, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry, a Texas-based firm with a Pennsylvania presence, is projecting a rebound in 2014 after seeing declines in gross revenue, profits per equity partner and revenue per lawyer in 2013.

By Max Mitchell

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