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Document(s) published by this organization: 14
Show: results per page Sort by:  | New Third Circuit Decision Limiting Taxable Costs for E-Discovery in Federal Court
John J. Hare; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article March 29, 2012, previously published on March 27, 2012 The Third Circuit Court of Appeals has handed down an important decision clarifying-and sharply limiting-the costs for electronic discovery that may be taxed against a losing party. In Race Tires America, Inc. et al., v. Hoosier Racing Tire Corp., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 5511 (3d Cir., March 16,...
| | Counsel Fees On Future Medical Damages In Medical Malpractice Cases: Do We Have To Cut Another Check?
Edward M. Galang; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article December 27, 2011, previously published on December 2011 In Sayler v. Skutches, 2011 Pa. D&C. LEXIS 59 (Lehigh County March 4, 2011), the Honorable Carol K. McGinley addressed the issue of first impression regarding the payment of the proportionate share of counsel fees on future medical damages pursuant to Section 509 of the Medical Care Availability...
| | Clarifying Qualifications Necessary To Provide A Written Statement In Support Of A Certificate Of Merit
Elizabeth A. Underwood; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article December 27, 2011, previously published on December 2011 A recent Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas decision Fallon v. Hahnemann Hosp. Univ. Medivac, 2011 Phila. Ct. Com. Pl. LEXIS 166 (July 7, 2011) addresses who may qualify as an appropriate licensed professional for the purposes of submitting a certificate of merit in a medical malpractice claim. In...
| | No Special Exception to PA Statute of Repose for Asbestos Exposure
Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 11, 2011 The Pennsylvania Superior Court was asked to carve out a special exception to Pennsylvania's statute of repose, 42 Pa. C.S.A. Sec. 5536, for plaintiffs who claim exposure to asbestos as a result of improvements to real property protected by the statute. The court refused to allow such an exception...
| | Constructive Discharge Not Required To Prosecute Lost Wage Claim in a Whistle-Blower Case
Bruce A. Seidman; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 11, 2011 On June 9, 2011, a sharply divided New Jersey Supreme Court (4-2 with 1 abstention), held in Donelson v. DuPont Chamber Works that an employee who is subjected to employer retaliation as a consequence of protected whistle-blowing activities under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act...
| | Social Media: The Discoverable Window to the Truth
Jason Banonis; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 11, 2011 In keeping with the times, the growing trend of Pennsylvania trial courts agrees that defense attorneys may use social media postings to poke holes in damages claims. While there is no case law regarding privacy issues and social networking sites on a statewide basis, these opinions offer...
| | Pennsylvania Superior Court Panel Has Found That an Insured's Conduct Is Not Subject To Scrutiny in a Subsequent Bad Faith Law Suit
Patricia A. Monahan; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 11, 2011 In Rhodes v. USAA Casualty Ins. Co., 2011 Pa. Super. LEXIS 612, the Superior Court reversed the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County's order that USAA was entitled to "non privileged" documents contained with the Rhodes' attorney's file concerning William Rhodes' underinsured motorist...
| | Ambiguous Insult Insufficient To Establish a Claim under the New Jersey Lad
Ida M. Fuda; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 11, 2011 The New Jersey Law Against Discrimination ("LAD") makes it unlawful to subject people to differential treatment based on several criteria, including: race, creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex and a number of other areas. The LAD prohibits unlawful discrimination...
| | Appellate Division Upholds Dismissal of Occupational Heart Attack Claim and Claim of Entitlement to Second Injury Fund Involvement
Angela Y. DeMary; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article September 21, 2011, previously published on September 11, 2011 You may currently have a pending occupational heart claim, or you may have one in the future. In any event, this is a case of importance to you. The New Jersey Appellate Division recently addressed the issue of compensability of an occupational heart claim and affirmed the lower court's decision in...
| | It's Confirmed (Or, Rather, Affirmed): In Pennsylvania, the Truth Shall Set You Free
Gregory W. Fox; Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin;
Legal Alert/Article September 20, 2011, previously published on September 11, 2011 "The truth shall set you free." It's an age-old, well-known phrase. And now it's a part of Pennsylvania law, too, at least with regard to the tort of intentional interference with contractual relations (also known as tortious interference). In Walnut Street Associates v. Brokers Concepts,...
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