Max Mitchell

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A doctor's claim that sections of Act 13 regarding the confidentiality of chemical compositions of fluids used in hydraulic fracturing hindered his ability to treat patients has been dismissed.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 15, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has taken up the issue of whether a defendant should be sentenced under guidelines in place when a victim was attacked or when the victim died from the injuries nearly 15 years later.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A multimillion-dollar verdict has been reversed after the state Superior Court reaffirmed that the statute of repose applies to asbestos claims stemming from real property improvements.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Erie County Court of Common Pleas judge has been charged by the Judicial Conduct Board with misconduct in connection with several heated exchanges and off-the-bench incidents involving attorneys, witnesses, litigants and court staff.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Educating state senators about the possible impact of slashing state judgeships was a key factor in persuading legislators to reject making the cuts, lawyers and state Senate officials said.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A deed that conveyed "surface" and "surface soil" and explicitly reserved the rights to any coal found on the property still conveyed the subsurface oil and gas rights to the deed holder, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 03, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A dispute has erupted in Paterno v. National Collegiate Athletic Association over which documents can be disclosed to the public.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

July 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has decided not to force Graham Spanier to file a complaint in the possible defamation action he has pending against Louis Freeh.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

July 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Claims stemming from a general contractor's alleged negligent failure to discover its employee was a registered sex offender before he molested children in a construction trailer should be heard by a jury, a Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

July 01, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Although children under 8 years old are not mandated to attend school, once a child is enrolled in a public kindergarten, the child is subject to the state's compulsory attendance provisions, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read