Max Mitchell

November 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can a "psychological defect," such as a murder-suicide occurring in a home, be considered a material defect that needs to be disclosed subject to real estate disclosure and common-law fraud?

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 25, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Allegheny County jury has returned a $28 million verdict stemming from a fatal drunken driving accident. The award included $10 million in punitive damages.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Patricia H. Jenkins, of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, has been nominated to the state Superior Court. Gov. Tom Corbett made the announcement Thursday.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 20, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Moving a legal malpractice case from Philadelphia to Dauphin County would require the state Supreme Court to relax the standards of forum non conveniens to such a degree that case transfers would become the norm throughout the state, the plaintiffs counsel in Bratic v. Rubendall argued before the high court Tuesday.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A case that promises to have lasting effects on the state's statutory employer law is expected to highlight the state Supreme Court's oral argument session that kicks off today in Harrisburg.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

November 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A complaint alleging that Alcoa products caused the mesothelioma of a Brazilian factory worker has been removed from the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas for further proceedings in a Brazilian court.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Interested landowners engaged in the appeal of a local ordinance may not continue to press the appeal once the original appellant has withdrawn, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pike County jury found that a passenger of a vehicle involved in a collision on snow-covered roads did not suffer serious injuries as a result of the accident.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following in the footsteps of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has determined that the duty of an excess insurance carrier to defend an insured is triggered when the primary carrier exhausts its policy through actual payment of a judgment or settlement.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

November 18, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A stay has been entered, delaying for now the sentence of former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin stemming from her conviction on political corruption charges.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read