Matthew J. Butler Joins Marshall Dennehey's Health Care Department in Scranton
Matthew J. Butler, Esq. has joined Marshall Dennehey’s Scranton office as Special Counsel in the firm’s Health Care Department.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Rules That COVID-19 Closure Claims Are Not Covered in Pennsylvania, Absent Physical Damage to Property
Earlier today, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania handed down its heavily anticipated decisions in Ungarean v. CNA and Valley Forge Insurance Company and MacMiles, LLC v.
Legal Update for Insurance Services - September 26, 2024, has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey.
Claims Against Bar/Restaurant Dismissed in Dram Shop Action
The plaintiff spent the afternoon at our client’s restaurant/bar before driving ten minutes to his local Country Club to continue celebrating his birthday. Ninety minutes after he arrived at the Club, he fell down the stairs and suffered a severe brain injury. His Blood Alcohol Content was roughly three times the legal limit. The plaintiff had previously worked as a high-end custom wood finisher but is now unable to see color, among having other deficits, and he is alleged to be fully disabled.
Does a Municipality Have Statutory Duty to Indemnify Its Police Officer for Judgment Entered Against Him in Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit?
In late 2012, 16-year-old Shane McGuire and friends smashed pumpkins and stacked bricks on the doorstep of the home of City of Pittsburgh Police Officer Colby Neidig.
Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, Octo
A Graduate Student May Be an Employee for Purposes of Title VII Discrimination.
A former student in the defendant’s Ph.D. program alleged quid pro quo sexual harassment and retaliation by a professor/advisor.
Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, Octo
Impounding a Vehicle Falls under Community Caretaking Exception to Fourth Amendment’s Warrant Requirement and Is Not a Taking under Fifth Amendment.
After township police officers conducted a traffic stop and found the driver did not have a license, registration or insurance, they had the car impounded.
Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, Octo
In Effort to Reform Florida Condo and HOA Laws, Governor Desantis Signs Two New Bills.
Governor Ron Desantis recently signed two new bills in an effort to reform both condo and HOA laws in Florida. These both went into effect on July 1, 2024.
Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, Octo
In a New York Conflict of Law Professional Malpractice Action, Appellate Court Affirmed Plaintiff Did Not Show that New Jersey Had Substantial Interest in the Litigation.
This matter deals with a conflict of law related to a professional malpractice action.
Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, Octo
PA Superior Court Rules, Expert Report that Merely Speculates About the Outcome of Underlying Action Is Insufficient to Establish Causation in Legal Malpractice Lawsuit.
The plaintiff alleged it would have mounted a successful defense to an underlying workers’ compensation action but for its attorney’s purported negligence in failing to conduct a thorough and timely investigation of the underlying claimant’s injur
Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, Octo
Three Recent Third Circuit Decisions Underline Validity of Regular Use Exclusion and Household Vehicle Exclusion—under the Appropriate Circumstances—in UM/UIM Policies.
In Eberly v. LM Gen. Ins.
Case Law Alerts, 4th Quarter, Octo