February 25, 2019 | The Legal Intelligencer
Can Bystanders Make Failure-to-Warn Claims in Toxic Tort Cases?A failure-to-warn claim is a staple of products liability litigation. The basic premise is that a manufacturer or seller failed to warn a consumer about an unreasonable risk of foreseeable harm associated with the use of a product.
By Stephen D. Daly
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February 26, 2018 | The Legal Intelligencer
Attorney-Client Privilege and Work-Product Protections With Respect to Outside ConsultantsStephen DalyNearly every lawyer shares one fear in common: the inadvertent waiver of the attorney-client privilege. Last summer, in BouSamra v. Excela Health, 167 A.3d 728 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2017), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that a company waived the attorney-client privilege when it forwarded an email containing legal advice to one of its consultants, a public relations firm.
By Stephen D. Daly
6 minute read
May 23, 2017 | FC&S Insurance
Reauthorization of the NFIP Could Expand Flood CoverageOn Jan. 10, a Long Island engineering company, GEB HiRise Engineering (HiRise), and one of its former executives pleaded guilty to charges that they…
By Stephen D. Daly
7 minute read
May 11, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Reauthorization of the NFIP Could Expand Flood CoverageOn Jan. 10, a Long Island engineering company, GEB HiRise Engineering (HiRise), and one of its former executives pleaded guilty to charges that they had falsified engineering reports that were used by flood insurance adjusters and federal officials to assess damage to homes caused by Hurricane Sandy.
By Stephen D. Daly
12 minute read
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