By VerdictSearch | April 16, 2024
On May 27, 2022, plaintiff Samantha Stacknick, 28, was driving an SUV on Route 65, near the Camp Horne Road intersection in Pittsburgh. Keith Garland of Tesone Transport Inc. was operating a dump truck in an adjacent lane when he sideswiped the SUV. Stacknick claimed head and neck injuries.
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By Amanda O'Brien | April 12, 2024
The firm was able to withstand the exit of 26 partners who moved to Goodwin Procter in the first quarter.
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By Harlan S. Stone, Anna S. Jewart and Alexandra G. Farone | April 12, 2024
On March 15, the U.S. Supreme Court weighed in on an issue that more directly impacts the legal interests of public officials: When does a public official's social media activity on a personal account constitute state action under 42 U.S.C. Section 1983, subjecting the public official to liability?
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By Edward T. Kang and Kyle T. Garabedian | April 12, 2024
While asserting claims in federal court against local government is a powerful tool, it is one that should be used sparingly and carefully. Like most other litigation, such claims come with significant risks and financial costs.
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By Aleeza Furman | April 11, 2024
"It seems odd that when your livelihood is being taken away, even if temporarily, … we only have to do preponderance of the evidence," Brobson said.
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By Aleeza Furman | April 9, 2024
"Congress can't do it the way it did it here, where it's telling Pennsylvania, 'You have to make law the way we, Congress, tell you to,'" Jonathan Lowy, an attorney with Global Action on Gun Violence representing the plaintiffs, contended.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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