By Aleeza Furman | January 2, 2025
The Pennsylvania Superior Court revived a couple’s medical malpractice claims against a Bucks County podiatrist, ruling that the trial court had acted too hastily in granting the doctor’s motion for summary judgment.
By Aleeza Furman | December 27, 2024
“There was no evidence that the jury’s award resulted from bias, impartiality, prejudice, or ill will, and the verdict was supported by the record and not grossly excessive to shock this court’s conscience,” Judge Angelo Foglietta ruled in the 24-page opinion.
By Aleeza Furman | December 26, 2024
There were verdicts in the tens of millions throughout Pennsylvania in 2024, but the largest of those awards came out of Philadelphia.
By Aleeza Furman | December 23, 2024
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 | December 20, 2024
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 | December 19, 2024
"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 | December 18, 2024
“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 | December 17, 2024
“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 | December 17, 2024
“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 | December 16, 2024
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.
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