In an opinion issued April 23, 2013, U.S. District Chief Judge J. Curtis Joyner denied a plaintiff’s motion to enforce settlement, while at the same time, admonishing defense counsel for their role in delaying the same. The underlying case of Mackrides...

In a three judge panel's decision filed on November 17, 2010, the Superior Court in Zaleppa v. Seiwell affirmed an order of the trial court entered on October 26, 2009, which refused to allow the Appellant to pay the underlying verdict either (1) by naming...

In an opinion issued on July 12, 2011, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit held that a defendant in a products liability case can rely on evidence that a product satisfied the standards of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. In so...

In an April 26, 2010 opinion authored by the Honorable Mary Jane Bowes on behalf of a three-judge panel, the Pennsylvania Superior Court unanimously ruled that pre-accident mental health records are discoverable when plaintiffs claim they have suffered anxiety as a...

A Philadelphia judge has ruled that the attorney-client privilege protects communications between parties in a civil case who are engaged in a joint defense effort. Executive Risk Indemnity, Inc. v. CIGNA Corp., 2006 Phil. Ct. Com. Pl. Lexis 328 (2006). This...