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Defense Verdict in Favor of Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist in Stillbirth Case
Carolyn M. Bohmueller and Joana Gaizelyte-Lacy represented a maternal fetal medicine specialist in a four-day trial in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and secured a defense verdict. The claim involved the stillbirth of fetus at 36 weeks gestation. The fetus had...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Emergency Room Physicians and Hospital in Breast Cancer Case
Attorneys Carolyn M. Bohmueller and Jamie N. Johnson secured a verdict in favor of two emergency room physicians and a hospital in a two-week trial in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas involving a claim of failure to diagnose recurrence of breast cancer. ...
Defense Verdict on behalf of Anesthesiologist & Pain Management Physician in Epidural Steroid Case
Attorneys Michael Pitt and Mary Kay Plyter-Eigner recently received a defense verdict on behalf of an anesthesiologist and pain management physician after a one week trial in Montgomery County. Plaintiff...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Gastroenterologist in Matter involving Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Attorneys Michael Pitt and Mary Kay Plyter-Eigner recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a gastroenterologist and his practice after a three week trial in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff, on behalf of her deceased husband, alleged that the Defendant...
Defense Verdict in Pressure Wound Matter on Behalf of Hospital
Marshall L. Schwartz recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital in a four-day jury trial in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. The case involved allegations that the defendant hospital failed to rotate, turn and reposition the patient during...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Hospital in Pressure Wound Matter
Marshall L. Schwartz and Caitlin E. McCauley recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The matter involved a patient who developed a pressure wound during an admission to the intensive...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Hospital in Case involving Fall at Physical Therapy after Hip Replacement
Anthony P. DeMichele recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The matter involved a patient who fell while undergoing physical therapy two days after a right total hip replacement. As a result of the...
Defense Verdict for OB/GYN in case involving Wound Infection after Caesarean
Tracie A. Vizza and paralegal Lexi Romney recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an obstetrician/gynecologist (OB/GYN) in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The matter involved a patient who had undergone a caesarean section and presented to the...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Philadelphia Hospital in Wound Care Matter
Marshall L. Schwartz and Lisa J. Peters recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a hospital following a four-day jury trial in Philadelphia County.In December of 2013, the plaintiff was transferred to the critical care unit of...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Internal Medicine Physician and Infectious Disease Physician
Marshall L. Schwartz and Brett M. Littman obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an internal medicine physician, an infectious disease physician, and a hospital following an eight-day jury trial involving allegations that the physicians failed to appropriately treat...
Defense Verdict on behalf of Podiatrist in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen and paralegal Beth Carson recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a podiatrist in a case involving allegations of failure to timely diagnose melanoma. The plaintiff brought suit against two podiatrists, his primary care physician, and a...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Two Cardiologists in Philadelphia County
Marshall L. Schwartz recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of two cardiologists in a nine-day jury trial involving allegations of a failure to properly monitor a patient's Coumadin usage following a cardiac catherization, as well as an alleged failure to...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Urologist
Michael O. Pitt and paralegal Elizabeth Carson-Nave recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a urologist in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. The matter involved a 60-year old male who underwent robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy for treatment of...
Defense Verdict on behalf of Orthopaedic Surgeon
Heather Hansen and paralegal Lexi Romney recently received a defense verdict on behalf of an orthopaedic surgeon in Philadelphia County. A 65-year-old woman presented to the orthopaedic surgeon with knee pain. MRI demonstrated a non-displaced occult fracture of the...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Pulmonologist
Tracie Vizza, Mary Kay Plyter and paralegal Lexi Romney recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a pulmonologist/critical care physician in Chester County. A 67 year old woman who had been treating with her pulmonologist for six years for a chronic and...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Hand Surgeon
Dan Ryan, Carolyn Bohmueller and paralegal Stacy Jaeger received a defense verdict on behalf of a hand surgeon in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. Plaintiff-father and his 11 year old son were involved in a rollover motor vehicle accident, in which the child's...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Internal Medicine Physician
Heather Hansen recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an internal medicine physician in Delaware County. In the case, the plaintiff presented to the emergency department of a local hospital and was admitted for treatment of a suspected urinary tract...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Hospital
Anthony P. DeMichele and Jaime N. Johnson recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a hospital following a four-day jury trial. In July 2010, the 24-year old plaintiff presented to the defendant hospital with complaints of...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Obstetrician
Heather Hansen recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an obstetrician in Philadelphia. In this case, Plaintiffs alleged negligence in relation to labor and delivery at a Philadelphia hospital. Plaintiffs claimed that the defendant failed to recognize and...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Emergency Room Physician
Michael O. Pitt recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of an emergency room physician in a nine day jury trial involving allegations of a failure to diagnose an epidural abscess. This case involved a patient who presented to the emergency department with...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Orthopedic Surgeon
Heather Hansen and Paul E. Peel recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of an orthopedic surgeon in a medical malpractice action in Delaware County. Plaintiffs' allegations of negligence related to the care rendered following the performance of a total knee...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Surgeon and Hospital
Marshall L. Schwartz and Brett M. Littman recently obtained a verdict on behalf of a surgeon and hospital in a four day jury trial involving allegations of negligence in the performance of a laparoscopic hernia repair. This case involved a patient who first underwent...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Thoracic Surgeon
Marshall L. Schwartz and Brett M. Littman recently obtained a defense verdict in a medical malpractice case on behalf of a thoracic surgeon and hospital following a six-day jury trial. In June 2008, after being diagnosed with lung cancer, the patient presented for...
Directed Verdict Obtained on Behalf of Orthopedic Surgeon
Heather Hansen recently obtained a directed verdict in favor of an orthopedic surgeon in the Superior Court of New Jersey-Atlantic County. The plaintiff had sustained a work-related knee injury and had an arthroscopy prior to seeing the defendant orthopedic...
Superior Court Reverses Jury Verdict in Cardiologist’s Favor Following Appeal
Paul E. Peel recently prevailed on an appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from a judgment entered against an interventional cardiologist, his employer, and several affiliated entities. In Emery v. Groh, M.D., et al., the plaintiff’s decedent...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Internal Medicine Physician in Chester County
Dan Ryan and Christine N. Dantonio recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of an internal medicine physician in the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County, Pennsylvania, in a case involving claims under the Wrongful Death and Survival Acts following the suicide...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Family Physicians in Discrimination Case in District Court
Marshall L. Schwartz and Paul E. Peel recently obtained a defense verdict in favor of two family physicians and their medical group in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, who is deaf, alleged that the defendants...
Superior Court Affirms Judgment of Non Pros on Behalf of Attorney
Marshall L. Schwartz recently prevailed in the Superior Court after the plaintiff failed to file a certificate of merit and a judgment of non pros was entered in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. The attorney represented by Mr. Schwartz and Mr. Brien...
Successful Defense of Attorney and Firm at Arbitration
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended an attorney and his firm at arbitration in a matter involving claims of professional negligence. The plaintiff was a musician and music producer who claimed that he entered into a contract with a legendary music artist to...
Successful Defense of MRI Facility & Technologist at Arbitration
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended an MRI facility and one of its technologists at arbitration in a matter involving claims of professional negligence. Plaintiffs were husband and wife and claimed that the husband was injured when he fell from a MRI table...
UPDATE: Summary Judgment Upheld for Attorney & Firm in Legal Malpractice Action
Anthony P. DeMichele and Jeffrey P. Brien recently obtained summary judgment for an attorney and law firm in a legal malpractice action venued in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. The Order dismissing all claims against the Firm's clients was entered...
Favorable Ruling from District Court in Bad Faith Action on Behalf of Insurance Company
Judge Eduardo C. Robreno of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently ruled for an insurance company represented by Dan Ryan in a breach of contract and bad faith action. The insurance company had previously denied coverage to...
Dismissal of All Claims for Kidney Transplant Team in New Jersey
UPDATE: Third Circuit Upholds Dismissal on Appeal (See below) O’Brien & Ryan attorneys Dan Ryan and Anthony P. DeMichele obtained a dismissal of all claims lodged against a kidney transplant team in New Jersey federal court. The plaintiff had received a...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Neurologists and Nurse Practitioner in Philadelphia County
Daniel F. Ryan, III and Michael O. Pitt obtained a defense verdict in favor of defendant neurologists and a nurse practitioner in a medical malpractice action in Philadelphia County. In February 2009, plaintiff’s decedent, a 25 year old female, presented for a...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Internist in Failure to Diagnose and Treat Lung Cancer Case
Dan Ryan received a defense verdict in a case in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County in which the Plaintiff, the estate of a deceased patient, alleged that an Internist failed to diagnose and treat the patient's lung cancer. The patient ultimately died...
Defense Verdict for Neurosurgeon in Montgomery County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for a neurosurgeon in Montgomery County. The plaintiff alleged that the neurosurgeon negligently performed a complete laminectomy with foraminotomy procedure on her, thereby injuring her spinal cord. Although the plaintiff...
Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Surgeon in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for an orthopedic surgeon in Philadelphia County. The plaintiff alleged that the orthopedic surgeon negligently opted to perform a bilateral total knee replacement despite alleged vascular compromise in the patient; and...
Defense Verdict for Urologist in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for a urologist in Philadelphia County. The plaintiff alleged that the urologist was negligent in the performance of a vesicovaginal repair suffered by the plaintiff after a hysterectomy. They contended that the urologist...
Defense Verdict for Internist in Philadelphia County
Dan Ryan obtained a defense verdict for internist in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff's husband died at the age of forty two as a result of his coronary artery disease (CAD). In her Complaint, Plaintiff alleged Mr. Ryan's client (an Internist) failed to appreciate the...
Defense Verdict for OB/GYN in Philadelphia County
Dan Ryan obtained a defense verdict for an OB/GYN in Philadelphia County. The Plaintiff, who was pregnant with her first child, was diagnosed with fibroids. The fibroids did not complicate the pregnancy. After several hours of labor, the fetal heart rate decelerated...
Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Surgeon in Delaware County
Dan Ryan obtained a defense verdict for an orthopedic surgeon in Delaware County. The plaintiff underwent a total right knee replacement in 1997, by the orthopedic surgeon. The plaintiff did very well with her knee implant for a period of almost five years. In 2002,...
Defense Verdict for Otolaryngologist in Bucks County
Paul Peel obtained a defense verdict for an otolaryngologist in Bucks County. Plaintiff, a physician, alleged that he underwent unnecessary sinus surgery causing him to require a revision surgery. Plaintiff also alleged that he was not given proper informed consent....
Defense Verdict for Plastic Surgeon in Philadelphia
Dorothy Duffy obtained a defense verdict for a plastic surgeon. The Honorable Victor J. DiNubile, Jr. released all 300+ pending silicone breast implant cases in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. All but two of those cases have been discontinued. In one...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of General Surgeon in Philadelphia
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a general surgeon in Philadelphia. Plaintiff was 42 when she underwent a laparoscopic ventral hernia repair procedure. Plaintiff alleged that use of the Veress needle, the method used to insufflate the...
Defense Verdict for Cardiothoracic Surgeon in Philadelphia County
Daniel F. Ryan, III obtained a defense verdict for a cardiothoracic surgeon in Philadelphia County. In this case, the decedent underwent a ventral septal defect repair procedure on November 15, 2000. The decedent subsequently underwent a second emergency heart...
Favorable Ruling for Nursing Home from Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Paul Peel received a favorable ruling for a nursing home from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. In Wister v. Liberty Nursing & Rehabilitation Ctr., 200 EDA 2005 (Pa. Super. October 17, 2005), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court's decision...
Dismissal of All Claims for Insurance Agent
In a case involving a claim of professional negligence against an insurance agent filed in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, Anthony P. DeMichele obtained a voluntary dismissal for his client. In the lawsuit, the plaintiff claimed that his insurance agent...
Arbitration Award for General Contractor
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained an arbitration award in favor of a general contractor in a Montgomery County construction litigation matter. The defendant, and owner of the property at issue, failed to make payment under the contract. The matter proceeded to arbitration...
Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Spine Surgeon in Camden County, New Jersey
Daniel F. Ryan, III obtained a defense verdict for an orthopedic spine surgeon in Camden County, New Jersey. Plaintiff presented to the orthopedic spine surgeon with symptoms and physical findings of cervical myelopathy. Cervical myelopathy is a dangerous and...
Defense Verdict for Anesthesia Pain Management Group in Montgomery County
Michael O. Pitt obtained a defense verdict for an anesthesia pain management group in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff had a series of stellate ganglion blocks for arm pain, which were performed by several anesthesia pain management physicians. After the...
Defense Verdict for Orthopedic Surgeon in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen obtained a defense verdict for an orthopedic surgeon in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. In 2003, Plaintiff underwent a right total knee arthroplasty procedure. After the procedure, Plaintiff allegedly suffered from pain, stiffness and decreased range...
Superior Court of Pennsylvania Affirms Trial Court’s Entry Of Judgment On Verdict In Favor Of Two Physicians And A Hospital
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently affirmed the trial court's entry of judgment on the verdict in favor of two physicians and a hospital in McNulty v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. In McNulty, the plaintiffs commenced a wrongful death/survival...
Arbitration Award for Employee against Former Employers
Anthony P. DeMichele obtained an arbitration award in favor of a former employee in a Bucks County employment litigation matter. The defendants, the former employers of the plaintiff, failed to pay the plaintiff his earned wages, bonuses and commissions. The matter...
Defense Verdict for Family Doctor and Practice in Montgomery County
Tracie A. Vizza obtained a defense verdict for a family doctor and his practice, in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The case involved a 32 year old man who died from massive, bilateral pulmonary emboli during a visit to a local hospital. A week prior to his trip to...
Successful Defense of Real Estate Holding Company and One of its Members in Successor-In-Interest Liability, Fraudulent Conveyance, and Piercing the Corporate Veil Matter
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended a real estate holding company and one of its members in the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County. The case was an offshoot of an underlying lawsuit wherein the plaintiff school district filed a lawsuit against several...
Favorable Ruling from Superior Court of Pennsylvania in Certificate of Merit Matter
Paul Peel received a favorable ruling from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. In Harris v. Neuberger, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court's order that granted a plaintiff's Petition to Open Judgments of Non Pros and remanded the matter to the...
Defense Verdict for Surgeon in Montgomery County
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained a defense verdict in a Montgomery County case in which the plaintiff alleged negligence when his bladder was perforated by a surgeon performing a laparoscopic appendectomy. Plaintiff maintained that if the surgery had been done properly,...
Successful Defense of Buyers at Arbitration Involving Failed Residential Real Estate Transaction
Anthony P. DeMichele successfully defended the buyers in a failed residential real estate transaction. The buyers and sellers entered into a residential real estate agreement of sale. Problems arose at the closing, and as a result, the closing on the property failed...
Defense Verdict in Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for Family Physician, Medical Technician, and Practice
Michael O. Pitt obtained a defense verdict in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for a family physician, her medical technician, and her practice. The defendant physician was the primary care doctor of the plaintiff husband, an avid bowler. Plaintiffs...
Defense Verdict for Otolaryngologist in Bucks County
Michael O. Pitt obtained a defense verdict in favor of an otolaryngologist following a five day jury trial in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. At issue was surgery to remove a polyp from the plaintiff's sphenoid sinus. Plaintiff had alleged that the surgery performed was...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Surgical Oncologist in Philadelphia County
Marshall L. Schwartz and Brett M. Littman obtained a defense verdict in favor of a surgical oncologist in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff, who had previously been diagnosed with breast cancer, claimed that after undergoing a mastectomy and concurrent breast...
Defense Verdict at Trial On Behalf of Cardiologist in Philadelphia County
Daniel F. Ryan, III recently obtained a defense verdict at trial on behalf of a cardiologist in Philadelphia County, PA. Plaintiff's decedent was on anticoagulants for several years because of atrial fibrillation and was hospitalized for treatment of an infection....
Summary Judgment for Insurance Company in Declaratory Judgment Action
Anthony P. DeMichele obtained summary judgment for an insurance company in a coverage dispute involving one of its insureds. The insured, an attorney, was sued in two separate state court actions based upon his involvement in several real estate investments. In the...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Orthopaedic Surgeon in Montgomery County
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained a defense verdict in favor of an orthopaedic surgeon following a six day trial in Montgomery County. The plaintiffs alleged that the orthopaedic surgeon breached the standard of care by failing to diagnose the plaintiff-husband as...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Cardiologist in Philadelphia County
Michael O. Pitt obtained a defense verdict in favor of a cardiologist in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff's decedent presented to the emergency room with chest pain and shortness of breath. A cardiology consultation was requested and at the time of the examination by...
Declaratory Judgment for Insurance Company
Anthony P. DeMichele obtained a declaratory judgment for an insurance company in a coverage dispute involving its insureds. The insureds, an attorney and his law firm, were sued in two separate state court actions based upon their involvement in gold futures...
Defense Verdict In Favor of Hospital in Montgomery County
Dan Ryan and Carolyn Bohmueller secured a defense verdict in favor of a hospital following a six day jury trial in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, a prominent local celebrity, alleged that a hematologist/oncologist failed to properly diagnose her rare...
Defense Verdict for Office Products Company
Anthony P. DeMichele, along with co-counsel, Domenick Carmagnola of Carmagnola & Ritardi, LLC in Morristown, New Jersey, obtained a defense verdict for a closely held office products company and its chief executive officer in a breach of contract and conversion...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Hospital in Bucks County
Marshall L. Schwartz obtained a defense verdict in favor of a hospital following a four day jury trial in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Plaintiff alleged that the decedent suffered a retroperitoneal bleed as a result of a cardiac catheterization procedure and that...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Surgeon in Philadelphia County
Dorothy Duffy obtained a defense verdict in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of a surgeon in a medical malpractice action. The plaintiff's decedent came to the surgeon complaining of hemorrhoids. The surgeon recommended that she proceed with a...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Emergency Medicine Physician in Philadelphia County
Heather Hansen secured a defense verdict in favor of an emergency medicine physician following an eight day jury trial in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. The patient was 18 years of age and the lawsuit was brought by his father. The patient had a history of...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Family Practice Physician in Philadelphia County
Michael O. Pitt and Brett M. Littman obtained a defense verdict in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on behalf of a family practice physician in a medical malpractice action. The plaintiff presented to the defendant-physician on several occasions between May 2008...
Defense Verdict in Fraud and Breach of Fiduciary Duty Action in Chester County
Paul E. Peel and Brett M. Littman obtained a defense verdict in a bench trial at the Chester County Court of Common Pleas in a corporate liability action, which included allegations of fraud and breach of fiduciary duty. Mr. Peel and Mr. Littman represented the...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of an Emergency Medicine Physician in Bucks County
Daniel F. Ryan, III and Brett M. Littman obtained a defense verdict in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of an emergency department physician in a medical malpractice action. In November 2002, the plaintiff presented to the emergency department with...
UPDATE: Summary Judgment in US District Court on Behalf of Attorney in Legal Malpractice Case
UPDATE: Third Circuit Upholds Grant of Summary Judgment on Appeal Following the events described below, the legal malpractice insurer filed an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. The Third Circuit affirmed the grant of summary...
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Defense Verdict in Favor of Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist in Stillbirth Case
Carolyn M. Bohmueller and Joana Gaizelyte-Lacy represented a maternal fetal medicine specialist in a four-day trial in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, and secured a defense verdict. The claim involved the stillbirth of fetus at 36 weeks gestation. The fetus had...
Defense Verdict in Favor of Emergency Room Physicians and Hospital in Breast Cancer Case
Attorneys Carolyn M. Bohmueller and Jamie N. Johnson secured a verdict in favor of two emergency room physicians and a hospital in a two-week trial in Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas involving a claim of failure to diagnose recurrence of breast cancer. ...
Defense Verdict on behalf of Anesthesiologist & Pain Management Physician in Epidural Steroid Case
Attorneys Michael Pitt and Mary Kay Plyter-Eigner recently received a defense verdict on behalf of an anesthesiologist and pain management physician after a one week trial in Montgomery County. Plaintiff...
Defense Verdict on Behalf of Gastroenterologist in Matter involving Gastrointestinal Bleeding
Attorneys Michael Pitt and Mary Kay Plyter-Eigner recently received a defense verdict on behalf of a gastroenterologist and his practice after a three week trial in Philadelphia County. Plaintiff, on behalf of her deceased husband, alleged that the Defendant...
Defense Verdict in Pressure Wound Matter on Behalf of Hospital
Marshall L. Schwartz recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital in a four-day jury trial in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas. The case involved allegations that the defendant hospital failed to rotate, turn and reposition the patient during...
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Changes Venue Rules in Medical Malpractice Actions
Since 2003, Pennsylvania Rule of Civil Procedure 1006 required plaintiffs in medical malpractice actions to only file a claim in the county in which the cause of action arose, or in instances where multiple healthcare providers are defendants, any county where venue...
Pennsylvania Superior Court Vacates A Grant Of Summary Judgment Related To MCARE’s Equitable Tolling Of The Statute Of Limitations
In an opinion authored by the Honorable J. McLaughlin, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently vacated an entry of summary judgment based on The Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error Act’s (“MCARE”) equitable tolling of the statute of limitations...
Pennsylvania Superior Court Remands Medical Malpractice Matter For New Trial Due To Excessive Damages And Addresses Waiver Issues
In a non-precedential opinion authored by the Honorable Mary P. Murray, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently remanded a medical malpractice matter for a new trial on the issue of damages based on a finding that the verdict may have been excessive....
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Finds Seven-Year Limit to Bring Forth Medical Malpractice Claims Unconstitutional
In Pennsylvania, regardless of when a medical injury was discovered, plaintiffs had only seven years from the actual causation of injury to bring forth a medical malpractice claim. The so-called limit to the discovery rule no longer applies. On October 31, 2019 the...
PA Supreme Court Holds Plaintiff Less Accountable Under Discovery Rule
On October 17, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court overturned a Superior Court ruling involving an exception to the Pennsylvania statute of limitations for medical malpractice actions. The discovery rule allows a patient to bring a claim after the statute has passed,...
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP Mourns the Passing of Mary Ann Martillotti
It is with the most profound sadness that O’Brien & Ryan shares the news that Mary Ann Martillotti passed away on December 15, 2023.
Former O’Brien & Ryan, LLP Paralegal Returns as Associate
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP is pleased to announce that Lexi Romney, a paralegal at the firm for 11 years, has passed the PA Bar and will join the firm as an Associate.
OBR Mini Golf Event 2023
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP’s Partners hosted a mini golf event for all of its employees on Thursday, September 21st.
9 OBR Attorneys Selected to 2023 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers
Each year, on a state-by-state basis, Super Lawyers selects attorneys using peer nominations and evaluations along with third party research. Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and those selected represent the top five percent of the total lawyers in each state.
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP Welcomes Three New Partners
O’Brien & Ryan, LLP is proud to announce that Jaime N. Johnson, Caitlin E. McCauley and Lisa J. Peters have become Partners in the firm!
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