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By Max Mitchell | The Legal Intelligencer | October 18, 2017
"Limitless liability" is what health care providers in Pennsylvania would be exposed to if the state Supreme Court determined that UPMC could be liable for the conduct of a former drug-addicted employee who caused a hepatitis C outbreak in Kansas two years after being fired by the Pittsburgh-based hospital, a lawyer representing the hospital told the justices.
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By Max Mitchell | The Legal Intelligencer | October 18, 2017
Appellate courts in Pennsylvania have distorted case law dealing with sovereign immunity and improperly created an arbitrary distinction for highway guardrails, an attorney argued before the state Supreme Court.
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By Max Mitchell | October 18, 2017
If the state Supreme Court upholds a decision that workers' compensation lawyers can be ordered to pay the employer's attorney fees for unreasonable contest, if the employer prevails on appeal, there will be a chilling effect on smaller cases, a lawyer representing a claimant told the justices.
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By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer | October 17, 2017
Philadelphia Controller Alan Butkovitz's recent report claiming the city can save $75 million annually by eliminating cash bail for low-level offenders contains key errors, according to a member of Mayor Jim Kenney's administration.
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By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer | October 17, 2017
A man who was severely injured when he was hit on the side of the road by a commercial truck operated by a drunken driver has been awarded $15.5 million…
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By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer | October 17, 2017
A federal judge has ruled that a township treasurer doubling as a supervisor can't be held liable for a police officer's alleged assault on a resident.
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By Max Mitchell | October 17, 2017
Can law firms that handed off a case to a successor firm recover its fees from the successor firm under a quantum meruit theory, or does the initiating firm need to sue the client?
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By Lizzy McLellan | The Legal Intelligencer | October 17, 2017
Morgan Lewis, Simpson Thacher, Latham & Watkins and Dorsey & Whitney were each tapped for a pair of acquisitions by Philadelphia-based Aramark worth more than $2 billion.
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By Lizzy McLellan | The Legal Intelligencer | October 16, 2017
Bigger isn't always better when a firm wants to practice internationally.
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By Max Mitchell | The Legal Intelligencer | October 16, 2017
The judge overseeing the pelvic mesh mass tort in Philadelphia has agreed to let the plaintiffs perform limited additional depositions related to a jurisdictional dispute that recently reignited in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California.
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