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Clarity in reason for summary judgment required.
An appeal of a summary judgment was granted when based on the plaintiff’s expert giving a net opinion.
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Plaintiffs’ experts’ opinions barred because they disregarded the ‘hierarchy of scientific evidence.’
Pharmaceutical company Hoffmann-LaRoche Inc. secured a win in the long-running New Jersey Accutane litigation.
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Plaintiff could not establish a prima facie case of negligence against deceased landlord because the Pennsylvania Dead Man’s Act prohibited plaintiff’s testimony about the cause fall.
In affirming summary judgment in a personal injury action involving a decedent’s estate, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that the Pennsylvania Dead Man’s Ac
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Three minutes of liquid product on floor was not enough time to establish constructive notice to supermarket to trigger a duty of care.
The plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her premises liability complaint against the defendant.
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The Supreme Court of Louisiana concluded that a riverboat casino was not a “vessel” under general maritime law.
The plaintiff, an employee of Grand Palais Riverboat L.L.C., was injured onboard the Grand Palais, a riverboat casino, and subsequently filed a claim for damages
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UIM policy’s non-duplication clause was upheld and plaintiff could not recover at the UIM trial the bills, wages, and disfigurement for which he was previously compensated under the carrier’s workers’ compensation policy.
The plaintiff received workers’ compensation benefits following an automobile accident that occurred while he was on t
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Special Alert – Governor Wolf Suspends Parts of Section 413 of the Workers’ Compensation Act
As part of his ongoing effort to reduce the effects of the COVID-19 virus on Pennsylvania’s workers’ compensation system, Governor Wolf recently announced he was suspending parts of Section 413 of the Act.
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Defense Digest, Vol. 26, No. 1, Spring 2020 is prepared by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin to provide information on recent legal developments of interest to our readers.