The Appellate Division, First Department ruled that proof that the wooden dunnage pulled the plaintiff down 3.5′ to the loading dock floor was entitled to summary judgment on Labor Law §240(1)

On December 22, 2021, Governor Tom Wolf signed into law House Bill 1837, which moderately reforms Sections 413(c) and (d), and Section 449(c) of the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act.

The plaintiff was chief of police from 2006 until the Township eliminated the department in 2016. In March 2016, the supervisors passed a resolution and enacted an ordinance eliminating the department.

The plaintiff alleged that as she was leaving class at a hot yoga studio, she slipped and fell on sweat on the floor. The trial court granted the defendant fitness facility's motion for summary

The plaintiff was injured during a charity bike ride through the City of Philadelphia when he rode into a known, unmarked and un-barricaded sinkhole.

A pedestrian brought a personal injury action against political subdivisions after falling while walking on a sidewalk in front of a public housing development around midnight.

The Contractor and Subcontractor Payment Act (CASPA), 73 Pa. Stat. Ann. §§ 501 et seq., applies to construction contracts, except those contracts involving public works projects and construction contracts...

The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently affirmed the trial court's dismissal of intentional misrepresentation, negligent misrepresentation, and fraud in the inducement claims asserted against a sales agent ...

The plaintiff asserted federal and civil rights claims against various police officers surrounding his shooting. The Third Circuit granted summary judgment on the federal claims to the defendants

The plaintiff brought claim for medical malpractice, among several other claims, against Dr. Schmalenberger and West Shore Anesthesia Associates.

In an article called "Head Winds, Tail Winds Asymmetry" by behavioral economists Tom Gilovich and Shai Davidai, the authors discuss the idea that people think their burdens are unique or harder than the burdens experienced by others, ...

Vitamin Energy arose out of an underlying intellectual property lawsuit filed by the companies that own the trademarks for 5-hour Energy liquid energy shots.

The Perfect Storm. A combination of factors, great and small, signals trouble for employers throughout the country. Recent changes to the Americans with Disabilities Act ("ADA"), combined with an increase in funding for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"),

Early in my career I had my first trial in federal court, and we had a good argument for directed verdict at the close of the plaintiff's case.

In this case, the insured, Gramaglia-Parent, was involved in an accident while occupying a vehicle owned by her husband which was insured on its own policy of insurance.

New Jersey is on the brink of its first insurance bad faith statute after clearing both the Senate and Assembly by vote on January 10, 2022.

In June of 2021, OSHA filed its plan and reasoning for a new temporary regulatory standard for large employers (i.e., those with 100 employees or more) for the purpose of enforcing the ...

In January 2010, the Pennsylvania Superior Court took the relatively bold step of affirming the trial court and decertifying a class action in the case of Clark v. Pfizer, Inc., 2010 PA Super 6 (January 19, 2010).

Bailey v. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 1481 EDA 2020 (Pa. Super. Ct. Oct. 26, 2021)

Many of you will remember that many years ago there were repeated instances of hijacking of commercial airliners. According to one report, between 1968 and 1972 there were 130 hijackings of American commercial airliners.