Max Mitchell

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

October 15, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Public Utility Commission has the power to charge a railroad company for demolishing a structure near the railroad line that the company uses but does not own, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

September 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

In two separate cases before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, attorneys for the state argued that defendants must invoke their Fifth Amendment rights to keep pre-arrest silence from being mentioned in court.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

September 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider whether a provision that guides sentencing defendants convicted of driving under the influence is mandatory, or if it is an optional provision that can be disregarded at the court's discretion.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

September 10, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The definition of the word "you" in the household exclusion section of Harleysville Insurance's excess underinsured motorist policy is too ambiguous, a Blair County judge has found.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

October 04, 2013 | Law.com

A former congressman and state auditor general, who has accused federal judges of malfeasance, misconduct and abuse of power, has been suspended from practice for five years.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read