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Publications
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Wrongful Birth Statute
By John C. Farrell, Esq. & Laura J. Persun, Esq.*
Key Points:
Defense Digest, Vol 22, No. 1, March 2016
Legal Updates for Employment Law
EEOC’s Proposed Guidance Expands the Scope of Retaliation
By Lee C. Durivage
The material in this law alert has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.
Attorney’s failure to assert claim in the underlying case is not malpractice when the plaintiff could not have recovered had claim been asserted.
A New Jersey appeals court affirmed the lower court’s finding that, while there was “at least a genuine issue of material fact as to whether [d]efendant breached a duty to [p]laintiff” . . .
Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2016
An attorney’s mere drafting of a document containing representation to a non-client third-party must be distinguished from the attorney having made the representation.
A New Jersey appeals court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of third-party legal malpractice claims while reinstating the non-client plaintiffs’ claim, which alleged common-law fraud against the defendant attorney.
Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2016
No “settling and suing” allowed. Court relies on Muhammad and settlement colloquy by judge and defense counsel to reject legal malpractice claim.
The plaintiff sued his former attorney for failing to advise him of the effects of his workers’ compensation settlement. The plaintiff entered into a settlement agreement for $60,000.
Case Law Alerts, 1st Quarter, January 2016
On the Pulse…Profile of Our Harrisburg Office
By Timothy J. McMahon, Esq.*
Defense Digest, Vol 21, No. 4, December 2015
On the Pulse…Our Asbestos and Mass Tort Litigation Practice Group
By Daniel J. Ryan, Jr., Esq.*
Defense Digest, Vol 21, No. 4, December 2015