Publications
A Creative Use of Wuerth for the Medical Malpractice Defense Lawyer
Defense Digest, Volume 22, No. 3, September 2016
By Stephen M. Wagner, Esq.*
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Eastern District Court of Pennsylvania Predicts Applicability of the “Bare Metal” Defense in Pennsylvania Asbestos Litigation
By Melissa D. Cochran, Esq.*
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It’s All About the Timing...A Guide to Producing Surveillance Evidence of the Plaintiff in Personal Injury Cases
By Laurianne Falcone, Esq.*
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Should the Underinsured Motorist Carrier Be Identified at the Time of Trial?
By Robert E. Smith, Esq.*
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Legal Updates for Coverage and Bad Faith
edited by Allison L. Krupp, Esq.
The material in this law alert has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.
Insurer with the right to settle or litigate claims against their insureds is held responsible for plaintiff’s attorney’s fees and costs pursuant to rejected proposal for settlement.
Geico challenged the final judgment in an automobile insurance case holding it liable to pay the injured plaintiff’s attorney’s fees and costs.
Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2016
An attorney can be liable for the plaintiff’s attorneys’ fees in a legal malpractice action if the attorney intentionally breached his fiduciary duty as trustee and escrow agent, even though the attorney was not acting as the plaintiff’s attorney.
The plaintiff and his former spouse (a citizen of Spain) were in a contested divorce proceeding for custody of their daughter, a dual citizen of the United States and Spain.
Case Law Alerts, 3rd Quarter, July 2016
Legal Updates for Employment Law - Special Alert
OSHA’s New Rule on Injury and Illness Reporting & Anti-Retaliation May Leave Employers Feeling Sick
By David J. Oberly, Esq.
The material in this law alert has been prepared for our readers by Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin.