• Frye v. WellSpan Health

    Publication Date: 2022-07-11
    Practice Area: Civil Procedure
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Adams County
    Judge: Judge George
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0696

    The court granted defendant's preliminary objection to plaintiffs' complaint on the basis that plaintiffs failed to effectuate proper service requirements pursuant to Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 402. Specifically, the court noted plaintiffs did not demonstrate a good faith effort to serve defendant pursuant to the requirements laid out in recent precedent and therefore further failed to satisfy their evidentiary burden. The court noted it did not matter whether the reasons for failing to make a good faith effort were intentio

  • In re: Sorin 3T Heater-Cooler Sys. Prod. Liab. Litig. (No. II)

    Publication Date: 2022-07-04
    Practice Area: Products Liability
    Industry: Health Care | Manufacturing
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Middle
    Judge: District Judge Conner
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0737

    Plaintiff moved to remand and defendant moved to dismiss part of the complaint and argued for fraudulent joinder in plaintiff's action over medical equipment and court found defendants' arguments did not conclusively foreclose plaintiff's negligent supplier theory under Ohio product liability statutes and remanded. Motion granted.

  • DiPaolo v. UPMC Magee Women's Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Employment Litigation
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Cannon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0712

    Workers' compensation appeal board properly granted employer's modification petition because claimant did not establish a vested right in her post-Protz-per-Act 111 temporary total disability status, did not meet the requirement for relief under either due process or due course of law principles and in reenacting the impairment rating evaluation process, act 111 did not violate the "reasonable compensation" aspect of Art. III, §18. Affirmed.

  • Delaware County Employees Ret. Sys. v. AdaptHealth Corp.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Securities Litigation
    Industry: Health Care | Investments and Investment Advisory | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Bartle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0716

    Defendants moved to dismiss plaintiffs' Securities Act and Securities Exchange Act action asserting material misstatements and omissions of fact regarding fact that CEO was under criminal and civil investigation in Denmark for tax fraud and in changing the way growth revenue was reported without making that change clear to investors and court found plaintiffs sufficiently pled facts to put the issues before a jury. Motion denied.

  • Boyle v. United States

    Publication Date: 2022-06-27
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Federal Government | Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pratter
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0707

    Medical expert witness holding administrative, non-clinical medical license could not opine on the duty of care owed by a physician but was competent to testify as to the duty of care owed by hospital management as administrators. Defendant's partial motion to dismiss granted, motion to exclude expert testimony granted in part and denied in part.

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  • United States v. Valentino

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: Federal Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Schiller
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0690

    Defendants moved to dismiss, to sever and to suppress evidence in action charging them with conspiracy to pay and receive health care kickbacks and court found severance was not warranted, there was no misjoinder, a Franks hearing was not required and defendant Miller's role as a non-health care provider had no bearing on her ability to be charged under the anti-kickback statute. Motions denied.

  • Commonwealth v. Wright

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Criminal Law
    Industry: Consulting | Health Care
    Court: Superior Court
    Judge: Judge Olson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0678

    Subrogation recovery company was not entitled to receive restitution for the costs of health care incurred to treat an assault victim's injuries, where the restitution statute only authorized receipt of restitution funds by a victim or an insurance company. Judgment of sentence vacated, case remanded.

  • DuBoise v. Rumcik

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Health Care Law
    Industry: State and Local Government
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0680

    Denial of inmate's request for their mental health treatment records did not violate inmate's rights where DOC had legitimate penological interest in maintaining relationships of inmates and treatment staff to obtain accurate and candid impressions and evaluations from staff. Application for summary relief denied.

  • Testa v. Broomall Operating Co., L.P.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Wrongful Death
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Marston
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0688

    Defendants moved to strike plaintiff's amended complaint and plaintiff moved to remand her action over her mother's death while a resident in defendant facility and court found plaintiff impermissibly added individual defendants to defeat diversity, dismissed the action against those individuals and declined to remand. Motion granted in part, motion denied.

  • Candelaria v. Hosp. of the Univ. of Pa.

    Publication Date: 2022-06-20
    Practice Area: Labor Law
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Allen
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 22-0582

    The court refused to dismiss plaintiff's workplace harassment claims based on her failure to exhaust administrative remedies under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act where she sought protections from workplace harassment afforded to all employees and did not allege that the inappropriate conduct was due, in any part, to her gender. The court recommended affirmance.