Max Mitchell

May 19, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Attorneys for the family of Joe Paterno and Penn State University are set to argue today whether Pepper Hamilton should be forced to turn over documents related to the creation of the Freeh report.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

May 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The New Jersey-based employer of a man who allegedly caused an auto accident in Pennsylvania should be haled into court as a defendant under the state's "long-arm" jurisdiction because of its "pecuniary interest" in allowing its employee to drive directly home from job sites, the plaintiff's attorney argued before the Supreme Court last week.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

May 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to the plaintiffs' pretrial memorandum, on Sept. 10, 2012, plaintiff George Sabu, 39, a laborer, was driving a vehicle along North 5th Street in Philadelphia, with Mebitha Sabu, 31, a homemaker, as passenger, when a vehicle collided with the rear of the Sabu vehicle. The plaintiffs alleged that either Larry Sharp or Jalonda D. Hall was driving the vehicle. The plaintiffs claimed the accident caused back injuries.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

May 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has ruled that administrative orders granting fee awards to court-appointed attorneys are appealable, and that it has jurisdiction to review such appeals.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

May 13, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Allowing subsequent home buyers to sue builders for allegedly latent defects some 12 years after a home was built would create a host of "horrors," an attorney representing a builder argued before the state Supreme Court.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

May 08, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The statute governing health insurance coverage for in-school treatment of autism spectrum disorders is unambiguous and bars appeal of a denial, an insurance carrier argued Wednesday before the state Supreme Court in Harrisburg, Pa.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

May 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney for a plaintiff whose $14 million verdict was reduced to $500,000 urged the state Supreme Court to overturn two decisions that found statutory damages caps are constitutional.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

May 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Ex-Penn State University President Graham Spanier argued in a brief filed Monday that his bid to enjoin prosecution against him should not be barred from federal courts because he has alleged bad faith on the part of the prosecutors.

By Zack Needles and Max Mitchell

6 minute read

May 06, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

According to a the plaintiff's pretrial memorandum, in the evening of Sept. 28, 2010, Thomas Mol, who was 34 and working as a financial manager, presented to the emergency room of the Forbes Regional Hospital. During the visit, Mol was seen by Dr. Elizabeth Moy, who was employed by EMP of Allegheny County LTD. The memo said that Mol complained of back pain and numbness. A CT scan was performed, and Night Hawk Radiology interpreted the readout. The memo said that Mol was sent home even though he was unable to walk under his own power.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

May 06, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Promotional awards that casinos give to slot machine players can be subtracted from slot machine revenues for tax purposes, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read