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Special Workers' Compensation Alert - Pennsylvania
Today, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Workers' Compensation issued the following bulletin:
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Loss of society damages and punitive damages are not available under the general maritime law where a minor plaintiff sues arising out of a maritime personal injury accident involving her father.
The California Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court’s grant of judgment on the pleadings against a minor plaintiff who sought recovery for loss of society da
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Court finds issue of fact based on statements in medical records.
The court denied summary judgment to the plaintiff on his Labor Law 241(6) claim based on conflicting versions of the accident in his testimony versus statements
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Superior Court of Pennsylvania holds that a motion to seal a petition to approve settlement agreement was not supported by good cause.
The case deals with a motion to seal a petition to approve a settlement agreement in a case involving a medical malpractice case filed by the pa
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The Superior Court held that the trial court’s error in permitting plaintiff’s use of a neurology textbook to cross-examine the defendant was prejudicial.
This medical malpractice claim involved an allegation brought by the parents of a child against health care providers for a permanent spinal cor
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Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that affirmative misrepresentation or fraudulent concealment of conduct that allegedly led to a patient’s death will toll statute of limitations for medical malpractice claims.
The case involved a wrongful death and survival action brought by the decedent’s administratrix against the decedent’s primary care physician.
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The Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that a witness was qualified to testify as an expert in pharmacy practice.
The plaintiff brought a medical malpractice action against healthcare providers, including a pharmacy.
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The Superior Court of Pennsylvania held that the trial court abused its discretion in refusing to instruct the jury on res ipsa loquitor.
The plaintiff brought a medical malpractice action against an anesthesiologist, based on the theory that the incorrect insertion of the central
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Florida’s Fourth Circuit continues trend requiring apportionment of damages in construction cases.
The Court of Appeals rejected the arguments of the plaintiff and held the apportionment of damages by the underlying court utilizing comparative
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