Max Mitchell

October 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Parking a vehicle on a sidewalk can be considered negligence per se if the plaintiff was injured while walking along the sidewalk, but not while either entering or exiting the vehicle, the Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

September 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has weighed in on two separate cases involving teachers who allegedly conceded misconduct and come to starkly different conclusions.

By Max Mitchell

8 minute read

September 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has sent a wrongful death suit back to the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas after the trial court ruled New York was the more appropriate forum, in part, because of the city's overburdened court system.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state's Senate Republican Caucus has sovereign immunity, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

October 14, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A malpractice case against several attorneys and their firms has been tossed after the state Superior Court determined that the case dealt with legal malpractice, not wrongful use of civil proceedings, and therefore lacked the proper certificates of merit.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

October 01, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Documents created by nursing staff after receiving an incident report are safe from disclosure during medical malpractice discovery under the Peer Review Protection Act, an Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

October 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center recently agreed to settle a medical malpractice wrongful-death suit for $2.4 million in Dauphin County. The plaintiff alleged that the hospital failed to properly diagnose a woman's vulvar cancer.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

October 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The window of time to file a protest to a state contract began to run when the would-be challenger filed its proposal, not when the state approved a rival offer, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

October 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Inadequate notice of foreclosure under Act 91 does not deprive courts of subject-matter jurisdiction, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 10, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A car dealer may be held personally liable for selling an allegedly stolen vehicle, an Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read