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Saxton & Stump Adds Estate Planning Practice

A new practice leader moved back to a midsize platform at Lancaster-based Saxton & Stump after a short stint at a smaller firm.
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Burns White Takes Med Mal Group From Smaller Rival

Three lawyers and two staff from Thomson, Rhodes & Cowie are looking for a larger footprint.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In 2017, Pa. Supreme Court Finally Achieved Stability, if Not Harmony

The election of interim Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy to a full term on the court this past November, coupled with the voter-approved increase to the judicial retirement age the previous year, means the Pennsylvania Supreme Court can finally be said to have a full, stable bench after years of upheaval and uncertainty.
10 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Supreme Court, Stocked For All of '17, Tackled Bail Reform, Revisited Old Rulings

For the first time since before newly elected Gov. Chris Christie made the unconventional decision not to renominate a justice up for tenure, the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2017 had a full roster of seven justices for the entire calendar year.
9 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Upholds Reduction of $26.6M Verdict in Knee Injury Case

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the reduction of a $26.6 million verdict awarded to a woman who needed four knee surgeries after taping a promotional video to show the success of her initial knee-replacement procedure.
4 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

AOC Now Must Notify Litigants of Affidavit of Merit Obligations

A decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court requires judiciary administrators to begin notifying parties litigating professional malpractice claims of their statutory obligations to file affidavits of merit and to schedule hearings to determine whether those affidavits are satisfactory.
5 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Middlesex Jury Awards $11 Million in Amputation Case

A Middlesex County jury awarded $11.05 million on November 28 in Fava v. Moss, a medical malpractice suit brought by a man who had both legs amputated…
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Statute of Limitations for Survival Actions in Medical Negligence Case After 'Dubose'

In an opinion by Justice Sallie Mundy, the Supreme Court held in Dubose v. Quinlan that the statute of limitations in a medical professional liability case for both a wrongful death and a survival action is two years from the date of the decedent's death.
16 minute read

Daily Report Online

'Judicial Hellholes' Report Jabs Georgia Courts

The American Tort Reform Foundation placed the Georgia Supreme Court on a "Watch List" in its annual "Judicial Hellhole" report on jurisdictions "where judges in civil cases systematically apply laws and court procedures in an unfair and unbalanced manner, generally to the disadvantage of defendants."
19 minute read

National Law Journal

Florida Ranked No. 1 in Judicial Hellholes Report

A bevy of medical malpractice decisions helped propel Florida to the No. 1 spot in the annual Judicial Hellholes report this year for the first time.
6 minute read

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