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Shirey v. BARTA, PICS Case No. 17-0113 (C.P. Berks Jan. 6, 2017) Sprecher, J. (6 pages).

By | February 07, 2017
PREMISES LIABILITY
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The Legal Intelligencer

Fenstermacher v. Sands Bethlehem Retail, PICS Case No. 17-0080 (C.P. Dec. 7, 2016) Murray, J. (8 pages).

By | January 27, 2017
The building services company responsible for cleaning floors was included in a suit for premises liability/personal injury resulting from the fall of a patron on a slippery floor. The company objected to several phrases as overly broad/insufficiently specific, and a needless use of the word "vicious" in the description of the fall. The court agreed and struck the accused language from the complaint.
5 minute read

The Recorder

Leyva v. Crockett and Company, Inc.

By | January 26, 2017
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

In Closings, Plaintiffs Focus Liability on Sal Army, Building Owner

Attorneys representing plaintiffs in the Center City Philadelphia building collapse trial told jurors they should not apportion most of the civil liability against the two men who have been jailed in connection with the fatal collapse.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Wilde v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

By | January 06, 2017
Railroad's Duty to Hurt Girl Did Not Include Fencing of Wingwall, an Open, Obvious Danger
3 minute read

New York Law Journal

Eddy v. John Hummel Custom Bldrs., Inc.

By | January 04, 2017
Worker Who Fell From Back of Pickup Truck Held Not Protected by Labor Law §240(1)
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Flook v. Jarrett, PICS Case No. 16-1595 (C.P. Lycoming Nov. 2016) Lovecchio, J. (6 pages).

By | December 30, 2016
Defendant property owner was not entitled to summary judgment in a slip-and-fall claim where there was a genuine issue of material fact as to whether the presence of glassy ice was an open and obvious danger that negated the duty of care.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Risperdal, Crashworthiness on Horizon for Superior Court in 2017

Risperdal disputes and a debate over jury instructions in crashworthiness cases are among the issues that Pennsylvania lawyers will be watching in the coming year.
9 minute read

New York Law Journal

Crawford v. USA

By | December 28, 2016
GSA Not Liable for Contractor's Failings In Clearing Ice from Building's Parking Lot
3 minute read

New Jersey Law Journal

Suits & Deals: Failure-to-Diagnose Case Yields $4.25M Jury Verdict

A Middlesex County jury awarded $4.25 million to a woman who claimed her face was left partially paralyzed after doctors failed to diagnose a tumor of the salivary gland.
6 minute read

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