New Guidance from Pennsylvania’s Superior Court for Establishing Factual Basis to Transfer Venue

Since the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania’s August 25, 2022, order changed the venue rules in medical malpractice cases—from requiring that cases be filed “only in a county in which the cause of action arose” to applying the same venue standards tha Legal Updates for Health Care Liability – October 17, 2023, has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey.

Unanimous Defense Verdict in Excessive Force Jury Trial

We achieved a defense jury verdict in a 4th Amendment civil rights trial in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff alleged that two officers of our Northeastern Pennsylvania Police Department client used excessive force to transfer him from the police station’s processing room to a holding cell.