October 06, 2023 | Law.com
School District and Social Worker Are Immune From Negligence in Death of Student, Massachusetts Court HoldsThe Massachusetts Appeals Court held that a school district and social worker were immune from a wrongful death suit, after a student committed suicide. In…
By Riley Brennan
5 minute read
October 06, 2023 | Law.com
Firm Accused of Legal Malpractice for Allegedly Missing Filing Deadline, Misunderstanding COVID-19 ExtensionsThis complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Riley Brennan
2 minute read
October 06, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pa. Judge Partially Sides With Former Cabrini Professor Fired Over Alleged Antisemitic TweetsA former Cabrini University professor's lawsuit against the school over his firing has survived a motion to dismiss.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
October 06, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Judge Awards Plaintiff Nearly $500K for Former Employer's 'Objectively Outrageous' Sexual Harassment and AssaultA federal judge in Pennsylvania has awarded a plaintiff nearly $500,000—including $200,000 in punitive damages—after her employer was found to have severely sexually harassed and assaulted her.
By Riley Brennan
5 minute read
October 05, 2023 | Law.com
Maryland Judge Finds Company May Have Had 'Actual Notice' of Hazard in Slip-and-Fall SuitA federal judge in Maryland denied a government contractor's motion for summary judgment in a slip-and-fall lawsuit, finding a reasonable juror could conclude that the defendants had actual notice of water left on its lobby floor because its employees had been mopping in the area.
By Riley Brennan
4 minute read
October 05, 2023 | Law.com
Teva, Backed by Kirkland & Ellis, Challenges Constitutionality of Colorado's EpiPen 'Affordability Program'This complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Riley Brennan
4 minute read
October 05, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pa. High Court Agrees to Hear Dispute Over Speedy Trial Rights During the PandemicIn an Oct. 3 order, the high court granted the petition for allowance of appeal in the case "Commonwealth v. Lear," limiting arguments to the issue of whether a court must assess the prosecution's "due diligence during a worldwide pandemic for purposes of Rule 600."
By Riley Brennan
3 minute read
October 04, 2023 | The Recorder
X Corp. Accuses Former Employee of Leaking Confidential Company Information to JournalistsThis complaint was first surfaced by Law.com Radar.
By Riley Brennan
4 minute read
October 03, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer
Pa. High Court Splits on Reasonable Suspicion for Terry Stop of Man Running Away From Gunshots"Any blessing of intonations of 'high-crime area' unsupported by empirical evidence and unconnected to the specific circumstances is a blot on our jurisprudence in this area of Fourth Amendment jurisprudence."
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
October 02, 2023 | Law.com
Federal Judge Partially Sides With Mass General Brigham in 6 Plaintiffs' ADA Claims Against COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate"Nonetheless, the difficulty here—at least for present purposes—is that this case involves both a set of high-level judgments by MGB (that is, whether to require vaccinations generally, whether to permit exemptions under certain circumstances, and if so, according to what procedures) and a series of separate low-level individual judgments (that is, whether a particular employee qualified for a particular exemption)," U.S. District Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV wrote.
By Riley Brennan
6 minute read
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