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Publication Date: 2022-12-12
Practice Area: Products Liability
Industry: Distribution and Wholesale | Health Care | Manufacturing
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Caffrey
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Case Number: 2018-C-1938
The court granted defendant's motion to dismiss based on lack of personal jurisdiction on the basis that they lacked both general and specific jurisdiction. As to general jurisdiction, the court found that jurisdictional requirements were not met under 42 Pa. C.S.A. §5301(a)(1). The court then reviewed whether specific jurisdiction was proper, finding that the defendant lacked sufficient minimum contacts within the state.
Publication Date: 2022-12-12
Practice Area: Insurance Law
Industry: Health Care | Insurance
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Kearney
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Case Number: 221410
Various lawsuits arising from COVID-19 infections in nursing homes constituted separate healthcare events under corporate liability insurance policy, where each suit concerned the actions or inaction of the operating subsidiary company and alleged different circumstances leading to the resident's infection. Plaintiff's motion for judgment as a matter of law granted, defendant's motion for judgment as a matter of law denied.
Publication Date: 2022-12-12
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Bowes
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Case Number: 646 EDA 2021
Defendant hospital challenged trial court's rulings on privileged documents in plaintiffs' wrongful death and survival actions and court found most of the documents and reports were protected by the Peer Review Protection Act or the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act. Affirmed in part and reversed in part.
Publication Date: 2022-12-05
Practice Area: Legal Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Superior Court
Judge: Judge Nichols
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Case Number: 1442 WDA 2021
The trial court erred in allowing the individual defendant, an officer of the defendant corporation but not a licensed attorney, to appear pro se on behalf of both herself and the defendant corporation in these legal proceedings. The appellate court reversed in part.
Publication Date: 2022-12-05
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Caffrey
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Case Number: 2021-C-0010
The patient safety reports plaintiff sought in this medical malpractice suit were solely prepared for compliance with the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act reporting requirements, but they were not immune from discovery because they did not arise out of matters reviewed by a patient safety committee. The court vacated a prior order and issued a new order granting discovery on corrected grounds.
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Publication Date: 2022-12-05
Practice Area: Discovery
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lehigh County
Judge: Judge Caffrey
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Case Number: 2021-C-0506
Plaintiff failed to make a good faith effort to identify her treatment providers and produce related treatment records; therefore, defendants were entitled to recover attorney fees and expenses incurred to secure such information as a sanction. The court granted in part defendants' motion for sanctions.
Publication Date: 2022-12-05
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: Health Care
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Western
Judge: District Judge Wiegand
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Case Number: 2:21-CV-00519-CCW
Parties cross-moved for summary judgment in plaintiff's Fair Labor Standards Act, retaliation under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Law and unjust enrichment action and court found issues of material fact existed as to whether plaintiff was an employee and dismissed plaintiff's joint and several liability under the state law participation theory since it was not a cause of action. Motions granted in part and denied in part.
Publication Date: 2022-11-28
Practice Area: Evidence
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
Judge: Judge Foglietta
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Case Number: 03298
The photographs documenting decedent's painful injuries while in hospital were directly relevant to plaintiff's wrongful death and survival claims, while defendant's argument regarding a discrepancy in the date of the photos went to the weight to be given such evidence at trial. The court recommended affirmance.
Publication Date: 2022-11-28
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Health Care | State and Local Government
Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
Judge: District Judge Slomsky
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Case Number: 2:17-cv-04956
Defendant state medical boards in Pennsylvania, New York and California, members of the state boards, hospitals and doctors moved to dismiss plaintiff's action for tort claims and for an injunction over the revocation of his medical license and court found sovereign immunity, claim preclusion and issue preclusion barred his claims. Motions granted.
Publication Date: 2022-11-21
Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
Industry: Health Care
Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lawrence County
Judge: Judge Cox
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Case Number: 30007 OF 2016, C.A.
While the state's Emergency Medical Services Systems Act provides that emergency medical service providers are immune from suit unless the claimant establishes gross negligence or willful misconduct, plaintiff's evidence, including two medical expert reports, raised issues of material fact regarding whether defendants acted with gross negligence in treating the decedent during a cardiac incident. The court denied defendants' motion for summary judgment.
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