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The plaintiff and her husband, by way of a per quod claim, initiated a medical malpractice action against the defendants for, among other things, their alleged failure to administer pain injections at the correct vertebrae of the plaintif

The trial court entered nonsuit on the plaintiff’s corporate negligence claim as the case did not involve any kind of systemic negligence on the part of the hospital.

The trial court had ordered production of patient safety reports which were (i) prepared in accordance with MCARE, (ii) intended to be confidential, and (iii) contained information identical to that conveyed to the Pennsylvania Patient Safety Auth

Both the trial court and the Superior Court found that the plaintiff’s claims were barred by the no felony conviction recovery rule.

States, including the Commonwealth, enjoy immunity from suit and have since “before the ratification of the Constitution.” Goldman v. Septa, 57 A.3d 1154, 1172 (Pa. 2012) (quoting Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706, 713 (1999)).

It is common in construction disputes between sophisticated parties for the parties to agree to engage in a bench trial, as opposed to a trial by jury.

It is a well-known tenet of law in New Jersey that a party has 30 days from the arbitration award to file a trial de novo, rejecting the arbitration award and returning the matter to the trial calendar.

The Sixth Circuit recently considered a consolidated appeal regarding how delivery drivers should be reimbursed for the cost of providing their vehicles for work.

This appeal involved the analysis of the accrual date in the context of a constructive discharge claim brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the Contentious Employee Protection Act (CEPA).

The defendant, San Marco, filed a property claim with its insurer, American Coastal, for damage sustained to its property after Hurricane Irma. American Coastal paid San Marco for the claimed damage.