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 […]
July 22, 2014
Sean X. Kelly in the firm’s New Jersey office recently prevailed in the Appellate Division resulting in a the reversal of the trial court and complete dismissal of all claims against our client, a New Jersey municipality. The underlying suit was a wrongful termination claim arising under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination. Plaintiff claimed […]
May 22, 2014
This week the New Jersey Supreme Court decided an important issue of first impression governing the scope of the New Jersey Civil Rights Act. The issue before the Court was whether the CRA permits private individuals to bring claims for constitutional deprivation against defendants who are not acting under color of law. Sean X. Kelly […]
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