Publications
Court affirms granting motion for summary judgment for defendants following the death of an individual in a workplace accident.
After Rickie Lee Grimsley was killed in a workplace accident, his wife filed suit asserting claims of negligence against the Manitowoc Company, Inc.
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The Eleventh Circuit upheld foreign arbitral award, refusing to apply the New York Convention’s public policy exception.
At issue before the Eleventh Circuit in this matter was the interplay between a foreign arbitration award and the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement
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Residential landlord did not owe a duty of care to tenant to protect against a blatant and known hazard.
The plaintiff caught her foot in a gap between the boards of a tread of the front porch steps in the single-family home that she rented.
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Vacant two-family home with ability to generate income not considered commercial property in sidewalk liability case.
The plaintiff fell and injured herself in front of a vacant two-family property, whose owners lived across the street, due to a sidewalk defect.
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Court holds that photographs can be authenticated via pictorial testimony or the silent witness method.
The plaintiff sued the City of Miami for a 2010 trip and fall on a sidewalk that had an asphalt patch 1.25 inches lower than the adjoining concrete slab.
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Supreme Court of Pennsylvania finds that trial court and intermediate appellate court erred in setting an accrual date for purpose of evaluating timeliness of plaintiffs’ claims.
The plaintiffs were among thousands to sue Janssen Pharmaceuticals, claiming they devel
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Allowing secondary evidence in the form of testimony of defendant’s employee.
In a slip and fall action, the Third District Court of Appeal held it was not an abuse of discretion for the trial court to allow secondary evidence, in the fo
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Regardless of its volume, health care facilities are required to provide narrative directing plaintiff to specific location in the medical record where raw factual data of an adverse medical incident is documented.
The plaintiff presented to the hospital with complaints of pain in her right leg.
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The MCARE Act’s seven-year statute of repose struck down as unconstitutional under the Pennsylvania Constitution.
While the facts of this case are disputed due to the fact that the trial court granted
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It was reversible error for trial court to deny motions to strike two jurors for cause when the judge was not present during voir dire and did not personally assess their tones of voice and demeanor.
In this medical malpractice case, three jurors expressed views during during voir dire that medical malpractice lawsuits negatively affect the cost of m
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