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The Legal Intelligencer

Antonas v. Vassiliades, PICS Case No. 16-0564 (Pa. Super. April 22, 2016) (memorandum) Ott, J. (9 pages).

Trial court properly dismissed appellant's garnishment action against insurance company after he was awarded $300,000 in the underlying third-party tort action because appellant's issues on appeal were waived by not being addressed in his rule 1925(b) statement, the documents he presented contained nothing but hearsay, and the trial court provided ample reasons for its discovery sanction order. Affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Quality Bicycle Prods. Inc. v. Workers' Comp. Appeal Bd., PICS Case No. 16-0543 (Pa. Commw. April 25, 2016) Friedman, J. (9 pages).

Claimant was not entitled to workers' compensation benefits for an injury that occurred in the parking lot of employer's workplace where claimant was unable to show that the injury was caused by the condition of the lot or the operation of employer's business thereon. Order of the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (WCAB) reversed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Piper v. Elkhart Brass Mfg. Co., Inc., PICS Case No. 16-0563 (Pa. Super. April 22, 2016) (memorandum) Stabile, J. (19 pages).

The trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying class certification where the trial court found that each class member would have highly individualized facts underlying each of their damages claims. Order of the trial court affirmed.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, P.L.L.C. v. Law Firm of Malone Middleman, P.C., PICS Case No. 16-0560 (Pa. April 25, 2016) Baer, J. (22 pages).

A predecessor law firm was not entitled to breach of contract damages against a successor law for a share of legal fees where there was no contract between the law firms, instead only a contract between the predecessor law firm and an employee attorney who took the case to the successor law firm, such that the employee attorney as a nonpartner owed and imposed no fiduciary duty to split fees. Order of the superior court reversed.
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Litigation Daily

Litigator of the Week: George Cary of Cleary Gottlieb

Dispatching a multibillion-dollar threat to Sanofi-Aventis, Cary polished off claims that the company blocked rival drugmakers from competing to sell blood thinners to hospitals nationwide.
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National Law Journal

Former U.S. Solicitors General Unite in Garland Endorsement

Eight former U.S. solicitors general from Democratic and Republican administrations, most of whom are now prominent private practitioners, are publicly endorsing Judge Merrick Garland's nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. The letter skirted the political controversy over whether there should be a hearing on Garland's nomination.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Allstate Denied New Trial in Ex-Agents' Termination Suits

The federal judge presiding over a case in which former Allstate Insurance Co. agents claimed they were forced to sign unfair releases upon termination has ­denied the company's request for a new trial.
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National Law Journal

Louisiana Lawyer Loses Discipline Case Linked to Impeached Federal Judge

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed a lower court's finding that New Orleans lawyer Joseph Mole violated ethics rules in a case that involved former federal judge Thomas Porteous. Porteous was impeached and removed from the bench in 2010.
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Daily Business Review

Court Ejects Argentinian Soccer Suit Over Sovereign Immunity

A state appellate court dismisses a lawsuit over media rights to Argentinian soccer association games, finding the government of Argentina is an indispensable party and can't be sued.
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Judge Orders $6.8 Million in Sanctions for Tying Up Fortune

A South Miami woman is ordered to pay her estranged husband millions of dollars in a protracted fight over a $100 million bank account.
4 minute read

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