By Riley Brennan | March 20, 2023
"While the MHPA requires a written application to begin the involuntary examination process, it does not require a written application to begin voluntary inpatient examination and treatment," the court said. "Thus, facilities such as Geisinger and Alley may be held liable for refusal to provide voluntary inpatient examination and treatment to a person who submits himself for examination and treatment when the refusal constitutes willful misconduct or gross negligence.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Max Mitchell | March 20, 2023
Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of March 13. The Pennsylvania Senate and House of Representatives are both scheduled to return to session April 24.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | March 16, 2023
I saw an article recently where there are suggestions that the term "Your Honor" should no longer be used in courts because it is a term used for aristocrats, and therefore unsuited for democracy. Do you agree?
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Shawn Lehocky and Bryan Reilly | March 16, 2023
As if law firm leaders didn't already have enough to worry about day to day, they must execute their strategic plans without having a sense of whether the conditions they're facing today will be the same in six months.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Riley Brennan | March 16, 2023
Jarmon asserted claims of racial discrimination and retaliation, alleging numerous racist incidents and comments at numerous store locations he was transferred between, and eventually, as he alleges, being terminated as a form of retaliation after the company learned he had filed a civil action against them.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Sandra K. Jones | March 16, 2023
There is an entire industry that has existed in our country for many years where personal injury victims and wrongful death survivors who settled tort cases by way of "structured" settlement (as opposed to an all-at-once lump sum) have sold or assigned their future structured settlement payment rights to third-party purchasers, at high interest rates, for what can end up as mere pennies on the dollar.
By VerdictSearch | March 16, 2023
On April 23, 2020, plaintiff Jamila Tucker, 40, was driving north on Street Road in Philadelphia. While stopped at the intersection with Bleigh Avenue, the front of her pickup truck was struck head-on by a sport utility vehicle driven by Cole Carey. C
By Aleeza Furman | March 16, 2023
A Beaver County jury returned a $16 million medical malpractice verdict Feb. 27 to a couple who said the wife's obstetricians were responsible for the stillbirth of their child.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kevin P. Allen | March 16, 2023
A party can't have it both ways. It is impermissible to point to advice received from counsel as a defense to a claim but then shield such advice from discovery.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Aleeza Furman | March 15, 2023
"We're just in a situation where we are behind the curve vis-a-vis earlier generations of trial attorneys and at what point in their career they begin to develop litigation skills," said John Gismondi, chair of Project Litigate.
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