Max Mitchell is ALM's Regional Managing Editor for The Legal Intelligencer, New Jersey Law Journal, Delaware Business Court Insider and Delaware Law Weekly. Follow him on Twitter @MMitchellTLI. His email is [email protected].
October 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Parking on Sidewalk Not Per Se Negligence for PassengersParking 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
Commonwealth Court Weighs Two Teachers' Alleged Bad BehaviorThe 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
Court Must Review Timeliness Before Making Forum DecisionThe 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
Court Rules Senate Republican Caucus Immune From SuitThe 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
Legal Mal Case Tossed for Lack of Merit CertificatesA 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
Nursing Staff Documents Confidential Under Peer ReviewDocuments 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
Medical Center Settles Wrongful-Death Claim for $2.4 Mil.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
Commonwealth Court Tosses Protest to State Contract as UntimelyThe 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
Justices Rule Courts Retain Foreclosure JurisdictionInadequate 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
Auto Dealer Held Personally Liable for Selling 'Stolen' CarA 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
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