The Legal Staff

December 20, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Superior Court panel has tossed out an appeal after finding that defense lawyers "blatantly violated" civil procedural rules when they flooded the courts with appellate issues that were too many and too wordy.

By Melissa Nann Burke Of the Legal Staff

9 minute read

August 04, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The second part of The American Lawyer magazine's survey of the country's highest-grossing firms in 2002 shows that Philadelphia's representation is split between July's AmLaw 100 and this month's AmLaw 200, which encompasses firms that finish from 101 to 200. Ballard Spahr Andrews Ingersoll heads the list at 101 with $168.5 million in gross revenue.

By Jeff BlumenthalOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

September 02, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear the appeal from a Commonwealth Court decision holding that workers' compensation judges lack the power to approve vocational experts to assess the workplace limitations of injured workers.

By Michael A. Riccardi of the Legal Staff

5 minute read

June 20, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Question injustice and pursue justice, Cornel R. West urged yesterday when speaking to Philadelphia Bar Association members.

By Jennifer BatchelorOf the Legal Staff

4 minute read

May 08, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young has strengthened its securities litigation team with a former executive committee member and co-chairwoman of Saul Ewing's securities litigation practice.

By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff

6 minute read

March 01, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurer`s post-judgment or post-settlement conduct is not subject to damages under the bad faith statute, a unanimous Superior Court panel has ruled in a case of first impression.

By Lori Litchman Of the Legal Staff

5 minute read

June 19, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

While you wouldn't think Liesel Pritzker would have the local trusts and estates bar standing at attention, that's just what the 19-year-old actress/heiress has done. Just call it the case of A Little Princess and her punitives.

By Jeff BlumenthalOf the Legal Staff

7 minute read

August 04, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Superior Court has reversed a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case, finding that the trial court erred in rejecting the plaintiffs' lawyer's attempts to use a non-testifying expert witness's report to impeach the credibility of a testifying expert.

By Tracy Blitz NewmanOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

July 17, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Vietnam War veteran who cannot work rotating shifts due to post-traumatic stress disorder is entitled to workers' compensation benefits, an en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court has ruled. The court, in Zink v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Graphic Packaging Inc.) concluded that, given the context of his specific employment, Graphic Packaging's companywide switch to a rotating shift system substantiated George Zink's claim that his mental condition was aggravated by abnormal working conditions.

By Asher HawkinsOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read

July 01, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

The medical CAT Fund may not be tapped to provide liability coverage to a nursing facility that had been sued over the death of a resident from salmonella poisoning, a majority of the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

7 minute read