June 17, 2016
Benjamin J. Tursi of our Philadelphia Office successfully prevailed before the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, affirming summary judgment in a psychiatric malpractice case. Plaintiffs, husband and wife, brought suit against a hospital and its attending physician alleging that the failure to admit the husband to voluntary inpatient mental health care treatment was grossly negligent and […]
May 12, 2016
The plaintiffs in American Iron v Glover Agency, et al asserted claims of malpractice and breach of contract against our client, a commercial insurance broker. The claim arose from the alleged failure of the broker to obtain a business interruption endorsement on a commercial fire policy. When the plaintiffs failed to serve an affidavit of […]
May 11, 2016
Mark Merlini of the Philadelphia office presented a lecture to a group of attorneys and claims professionals regarding the impact of Pennsylvania’s MCARE Act on medical malpractice litigation and the role of the Commonwealth’s MCARE Fund which provides statutory excess coverage to physicians in Pennsylvania. The Act, passed in 2002, changed the landscape of medical […]
May 11, 2016
In Melett v Aquasid LLC, plaintiffs alleged that defendants health club agreements violated several New Jersey statutes including the Truth in Consumer Contract and Warranty and Notice Act (TCCWNA), New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act (CFA), Retail Installment Sales Act (RISA) and Health Club Services Act (HCSA.) On the basis of these claims, plaintiffs sought to […]
June 17, 2015
In a watershed ruling by the Supreme Court of Delaware, Dawn Courtney Doherty and Brett Norton successfully established new Delaware law that limits the amount of medical special damages that a plaintiff may recover to the actual amount paid by Medicare, rather than the much higher amount billed. In a unanimous, en banc decision, the […]
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