Aleeza Furman

December 23, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Alan Hertzberg rejected the defendant's bid to compel arbitration in a putative consumer class action.

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

December 23, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The jury determined Dec. 20 that the building’s owner and property manager were responsible for the plaintiff’s injuries, despite the defendants’ arguments that they had only taken charge of the building two weeks before the accident.

By Aleeza Furman

4 minute read

December 20, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

The plaintiffs claim that B. Braun Medical Inc.’s victory earlier this month came out of a trial marred by incorrect jury instructions and improper rulings on what testimony was and was not admissible.

By Aleeza Furman

4 minute read

December 19, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

"An MDL that encompassed any potential injury relating to use of these exceedingly popular weight loss drugs might quickly become procedurally and substantively unwieldy,” the Judicial Panel of Multidistrict Litigation ruled.

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

December 18, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

“Although discovery may yield information that undermines Kleinbard’s entitlement to payment from these funds, the decision to deny relief as a matter of law at the preliminary objections stage was premature,” the majority held in an opinion authored by Justice Kevin Dougherty.

By Aleeza Furman

4 minute read

December 17, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

“The award of $16 million in non-economic damages by the jury was especially egregious and obviously a direct by-product of the improper jury verdict slip, as well as confusion, mistake, and misunderstanding regarding the court’s instructions to the jury relating to damages," the defendants argued in a post-trial motion.

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

December 17, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

“Threats against judges—state, federal and otherwise—have risen exponentially,” U.S. District Chief Judge Mitchell Goldberg of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said during a webinar Monday. “They've gone through the roof, to be more plain-spoken about it."

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

December 16, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Marshall Dennehey shareholder Gary Samms, who represented Society Hill Anesthesia, said the plaintiffs’ demand at trial had been $2 million. The defendant’s May pretrial memo shows that earlier in the case the plaintiffs had demanded $7 million.

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

December 13, 2024 | The Legal Intelligencer

Several of Philadelphia's mass tort programs are gearing up for their debut trials in early 2025, with more to come as the year goes on.

By Aleeza Furman

6 minute read

December 12, 2024 | Law.com

In this week's Legal Speak episode, Dan Wolfe, the senior director of jury consulting at Magna Legal Services in Chicago, Illinois, teamed with Philly-based litigation reporter Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer to test out how the firm develops prospective juror profiles.

By Aleeza Furman and Cedra Mayfield and Patrick Smith

1 minute read