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Wright v. Levan, PICS Case No. 15-0171 (C.P. Berks Oct. 31, 2014) Sprecher, J. (12 pages)

By | February 09, 2015
Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff in this legal malpractice action where her original attorney, showing a reckless indifference to plaintiff's interests, failed to move litigation forward, resulting in dismissal of plaintiff's case for failure to prosecute.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Wright v. Levan, PICS Case No. 15-0171 (C.P. Berks Oct. 31, 2014) Sprecher, J. (12 pages)

By | February 09, 2015
Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff in this legal malpractice action where her original attorney, showing a reckless indifference to plaintiff's interests, failed to move litigation forward, resulting in dismissal of plaintiff's case for failure to prosecute.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In re Lemington Home for the Aged, PICS Case No. 15-0183 (3rd Cir. Jan. 26, 2015) Vanaskie, J. (28 pages).

By | February 09, 2015
While evidence of self-dealing provided a sufficient factual basis to conclude that nursing home officers acted with the outrageous motive of self-enrichment at the expense of the non-profit facility, insufficient state-of-mind evidence supported the punitive damages awarded against defendant directors. Judgment affirmed and reversed in part.
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New York Law Journal

Jury Awards Associate Damages in Harassment Case

A jury has awarded $140,000 to a former Faruqi & Faruqi associate, finding the law firm and a partner liable under New York City law for discrimination.
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Varner-Mort v. Kapfhammer, PICS Case No. 15-0109 (Pa. Super. Jan. 21, 2015) Strassburger, J. (13 pages).

By | February 03, 2015
Trial court erred in granting summary judgment on statute of limitations grounds in action arising from an automobile accident involving limited tort option insurance because appellant's action may have been timely filed, depending on what testimony the fact-finder credited. Reversed and remanded.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Jury Awards Woman For Post-Collision Soft-Tissue Injuries

By | February 03, 2015
On June 7, 2012, plaintiff Nichele Morgan, 23, a pharmacy technician, was driving on Calumet Street near Ridge Avenue, in Northwest Philadelphia, when the front driver's side of her Honda Accord was struck by the front of a 1998 Ford Econoline van.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Strikes Class Claims Before Certification Motion

A federal judge in Pittsburgh has taken the unusual step of tossing the class allegations from a suit brought by neighbors of a coal-fired power plant before they had even moved for class certification.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Gymnast Taxed $125K in Costs in Suit Against Cornell

A federal magistrate judge reviewing whether the clerk of courts should have taxed a losing plaintiff more than $100,000 in costs recommended the court increase the amount owed to defendant Cornell University to nearly $125,000.
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Delaware Law Weekly

Ex-Schoolteacher Wins $3.4M Verdict In Case Over 'Aggressive' Surgery

A former schoolteacher allegedly disabled for life due to an "unreasonably aggressive" surgery won a more than $3 million verdict in front of a Sussex County jury.
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The Legal Intelligencer

Gay Lawyer Suing Firms Seeks Confidential Settlement Info

A gay attorney suing personal injury firms for alleged discrimination is pointing to a confidential settlement to help establish the value of lost compensation he claims to have sustained because of the firms' allegedly scuttling his lateral move.
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