By VerdictSearch | April 9, 2024
On April 19, 2021, plaintiff Dana Brooks, 46, was involved in a rear-end accident with a vehicle operated by Michael Altomari.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | April 8, 2024
The 11 cases set to go before the justices touch on a range of impactful issues, including federal authority to shape tort law, insurance coverage for COVID-19 business interruption claims, and the burden of proof required to demonstrate rule violations in lawyer discipline matters.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By James C. Haggerty, Jeffrey Stanton and Dennis Coyne | April 4, 2024
While merely striking affirmative defenses that should not have been in the action in the first place may not be a sufficient deterrent to curb the filing of frivolous defenses, where the assertion of such baseless prophylactic defenses occurs in first party insurance litigation, such as uninsured (UM) or underinsured (UIM) motorist claims, it may result in much harsher repercussions.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Joseph Chapman and Courtney M. Wentzel | April 4, 2024
The rules providing for the appointment of a guardian already had to be meticulously navigated by any practitioner—now, through the Pennsylvania Legislature's enactment of Act 61 of 2023 (Senate Bill 506; PN 843)(Act 61), the guardianship rules are changing on June 11, 2024. The new rules provide plenty more for consideration when pleading, navigating or litigating any guardianship action.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | April 3, 2024
"What's at stake is the question of what the proper application of the forum non conveniens doctrine is and what it's going to be going forward," said David Senoff, a partner at First Law Strategy Group.
By Kristie Rearick | April 2, 2024
On March 30, 2019, plaintiff Kip Dorsch was helping a Pittsburgh Mirror & Glass employee dispose a large commercial glass window in Mount Pleasant. The Pittsburgh Mirror & Glass employee broke the glass with a metal object in order to fit the glass into a dumpster. A piece of the glass struck Dorsch's right arm.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kenneth Stark and Martha "Frannie" Reilly | April 2, 2024
The Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority is currently accepting applications for the multipurpose community facilities program. Funded through the federal capital projects fund established under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA), the facilities program will distribute up to $45 million in competitive grants to community anchor institutions and local governments to ensure reliable and affordable broadband internet access.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Jason Yarbrough | March 29, 2024
If the recent weather in Pittsburgh is any indication, spring has almost sprung, and with it comes another important season—tax season—and the potential for tremendous tax savings for thousands of commercial and residential property owners in Allegheny County.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Bradley D. Remick | March 29, 2024
We were certain that the Azzarello standard, the artificial distinction between negligence and strict liability, was going to fade to some extent and strict liability defendants were going to be afforded the opportunity to present evidence that was relevant to their defenses. Instead, rather than adopting the Restatement (Third) of Torts, the court surprisingly adopted the risk utility and consumer expectation tests that were first developed in California.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Cliff Rieders | March 28, 2024
Under the lease, it was reasonable for the tenants to expect that the landlord would look only to the policy the landlord purchased for compensation for the fire loss, which would be covered by the policy.
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