Saranac Hale Spencer

June 25, 2012 | Law.com

The second in a pair of opinions in as many days from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that insurers are not responsible for defending or indemnifying a juvenile-detention center operator who was involved in the "kids-for-cash" scandal in Luzerne County.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

August 20, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Third Circuit has revived a case brought by transit workers against SEPTA seeking overtime pay under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

August 09, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has tossed six collective and class actions filed against various health care facilities by nurses who claimed that they weren't paid for all of the time that they had worked.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

December 03, 2012 | Law.com

Two middle school teachers who fell off donkeys while preparing to play basketball are seeking compensation from the company that insured Buckeye Donkey Ball, the Ohio-based business that provided the animals.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

March 27, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A $6.6 million award of attorney fees in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was reversed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit because the underlying patent-infringement case didn't rise to the level of being "exceptional."

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

September 12, 2012 | Law.com

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has applied New York law in a case involving a reinsurer's duty to indemnify, effectively reversing the district court's ruling in favor of the Pennsylvania-based insured in a suit that sprang from roughly $500,000 in asbestos-related claims.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

5 minute read

July 15, 2013 | Law.com

Protecting a 2009 settlement in a multidistrict Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act case worth as much as $530 million, a federal judge has enjoined a similar lawsuit brought by the Pennsylvania attorney general in state court.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

September 04, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that the reorganized successor to the former Penn Central Transportation Co. must pay a $15 million judgment against the original railroad company, which filed for bankruptcy in 1970.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

7 minute read

August 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following five days of testimony in a case seeking the injunction of Pennsylvania's new voter ID law, lawyers gave closing arguments Thursday in front of Commonwealth Court Judge Robert E. Simpson in Harrisburg.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read

September 14, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit applied New York law to reverse a district court ruling in favor of the Pennsylvania-based insured in a suit that sprang from $500,000 in asbestos-related claims.

By Saranac Hale Spencer

4 minute read