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Max Mitchell

Max Mitchell

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].

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October 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Morgan Lewis Hires Norton Rose's Head Of Pittsburgh Office

Just over two years after joining Norton Rose Fulbright to help open its Pittsburgh-area office, energy and environmental compliance attorney Kenneth Komoroski has left the firm to join Morgan, Lewis & Bockius in Pittsburgh along with a team of associates.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

September 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sports-Related Injury Cases on the Rise in Pennsylvania

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

October 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Parking on Sidewalk Not Per Se Negligence for Passengers

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

Commonwealth Court Weighs Two Teachers' Alleged Bad Behavior

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

Court Must Review Timeliness Before Making Forum Decision

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

Court Rules Senate Republican Caucus Immune From Suit

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

Legal Mal Case Tossed for Lack of Merit Certificates

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

Nursing Staff Documents Confidential Under Peer Review

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

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 Untimely

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