Riley Brennan

April 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The plaintiffs have alleged that they applied, through Prestamos, for PPP loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) but never received the proceeds.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

April 04, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Scavello originally brought a putative class action for fraud and related claims, alleging that the corporation made false representations when submitting insurance claims for prescription drugs.

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read

April 04, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"Their votes were counted, and no decision from this court can change that," U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania wrote. "Therefore, the plaintiffs received judicially sanctioned relief, the precise relief they requested when bringing suit, which materially altered their legal relationship with the Board."

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

April 04, 2023 | Law.com

A federal judge in Pennsylvania sided with Kang Haggerty on former clients' counterclaim of breach of fiduciary duty, but allowed breach-of-contract claims from both sides to proceed.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

April 04, 2023 | Law.com

The Washington State Supreme Court affirmed the termination of a mother's parental rights, holding it hadn't been a Fifth Amendment violation for the court to "draw a negative inference from the mother's refusal to answer specific questions about her drug use."

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

April 04, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The complaint, filed March 31 in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Law.com

"The panel concluded that determining how to consult with private landowners while the Lolo Peak fire raged was precisely the type of decision the discretionary function exception was designed to shield, and the landowners' claims were thus barred by the discretionary function exception," wrote Judge McKeown.

By Riley Brennan

5 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Law.com

"Because the plaintiffs did not proffer admissible evidence on damages, summary judgment should have entered for the defendants," the court said.

By Riley Brennan

6 minute read

March 31, 2023 | Law.com

"Here, we agree with the estate that instruction sixteen as presented to the jury misled the jury by its phrasing. By omitting the operative 'if/then; language from the proposed instruction, the instruction transformed from an instruction asking the jury to decide whether an alternative approved method of treatment was used (which, if so found, would preclude a negligence finding) to an instruction directing the jury that Cloos did employ an alternative approved method of treatment and was not negligent," Judge Paul B. Ahlers wrote.

By Riley Brennan

4 minute read

March 31, 2023 | Law.com

Amid multiple dissenting opinions, a majority of Oklahoma's high court ruled that a school district violated state law with its COVID-19 quarantine policy for unvaccinated students.

By Riley Brennan

7 minute read