Max Mitchell

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Graham Spanier would like to be able to look into the state citizenship of Louis B. Freeh and his former firm to see if attempts to remove Spanier's possible defamation case to federal court pass the diversity test.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The tough economic decisions associated with taking limited-tort cases have led to a drop in the number of limited-tort filings, attorneys from around the state have told the Law Weekly.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A cab company will not be liable for a driver punching and kicking a passenger who was being restrained after trying to skip out on paying the fare, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Whether the jury that awarded a $14.5 million asbestos verdict had been told to award a specific number for noneconomic damages was the focus of arguments before the state Superior Court last week.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Supreme Court has forwarded letters in a Pennsylvania death-row case, in which the defendant claimed "federal defenders" were attempting to get involved in his case against his wishes, to the Disciplinary Board of Pennsylvania.

By Hank Grezlak and Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The tough economic decisions associated with taking limited-tort cases have led to a drop in the number of limited-tort filings, attorneys from around the state have told the Law Weekly.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following federal case law interpreting two statutes on the enforcement of foreign and out-of-state judgments, the state Superior Court has ruled that a foreign judgment cannot be valid without first being recognized by state courts.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

August 12, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiffs in a rollover case should have been able to introduce evidence contesting a theory of injury that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration disavowed in 2009, the plaintiffs' attorney argued before an en banc Superior Court panel in Philadelphia last week.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

August 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Signaling that the National Collegiate Athletic Association and state officials are hashing out a settlement regarding the $60 million penalty the NCAA levied against Penn State in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal, both sides are seeking to postpone proceedings in federal court.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

August 06, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has declined to hear arguments in a case that dealt with the interpretation of oil and gas royalties under the Guaranteed Minimum Royalty Act.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read