Max Mitchell

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

September 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Failure to strike down a Pennsylvania law that eliminated jury commissioner offices would cause confusion across the state, an attorney for the jury commissioners argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court last Wednesday.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a municipal water authority can condemn private land under eminent domain if the easement will enable a private company to develop the land.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

October 14, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An unemployment compensation referee and Willow Grove, Pa.-area attorney is not eligible for unemployment benefits, the Commonwealth Court has decided, upholding the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review's finding that she was terminated for willful misconduct for allegedly engaging in ex parte communications and convincing two complainants to drop their cases.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

October 16, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Adopting the Restatement (Third) of Torts and forcing a plaintiff to prove the existence of a reasonable alternative product could create an "insurmountable hurdle" for plaintiffs in products liability cases, the plaintiff's counsel in Tincher v. Omega Flex argued before the state Supreme Court.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

October 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection interpret the Bituminous Coal Mine Safety Act to protect miner safety, or does it first need to go through the Board of Coal Mine Safety?

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

October 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court is set to hear whether the Restatement (Second) of Torts or the Restatement (Third) of Torts should govern Pennsylvania products liability at oral arguments today in Pittsburgh.

By Max Mitchell

8 minute read

October 22, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A complaint that raises issues about a plaintiff's mental condition should be considered a waiver to the protections under the Mental Health Procedures Act, a defense attorney representing a truck driver, who was allegedly involved in a suicide-by-truck incident, argued before the state Supreme Court.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

October 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Superior Court has set aside summary judgment for defendants in a business dispute plagued with discovery delays.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read