Louis C. Long will be presenting at “Litigating Insurance Coverage Claims: From Start to Finish,” a seminar hosted by the National Busniess Institute along with co-presenters James C. Heneghan, Alexander J. Jamiolkowski, Joseph N. Kravec Jr. and Kathleen A. Segmiller. Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM Location: Hilton Garden Inn Pittsburgh Southpointe 1000 Corporate Dr Canonsburg, PA 15317 For more… Read more »
Articles In This Issue: 1. The Fundamentals of Intellectual Property 2. Circuit Split Narrowed in Favor of Employees With Disabilities Regarding Whether ADA Reassignment Requires Preferential Treatment 3. The Superior Court’s Decision in Patton v. Worthington Sounds Death Knell for Statutory Employer Defense and Elevates Construction Costs Throughout the Commonwealth 4. Pennsylvania Product Liability Law Remains Unsettled… Read more »
Gaetan J. Alfano, a partner in the law firm of Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, has been appointed as Chair of the Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention. The Philadelphia Bar Association’s Commission on Judicial Selection and Retention evaluates judicial candidates to help voters make decisions about candidates for judicial… Read more »
Jeanette Ho, a partner with Pietragallo Gordon Alfano Bosick & Raspanti, LLP, has been appointed to a three year term as the Western District of Pennsylvania’s representative to the Third Circuit’s Lawyers Advisory Committee. The Lawyers Advisory Committee is responsible for commenting on proposed rules and the Third Circuit’s internal operating procedures and serves as… Read more »
Recently the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that a premises owner is not liable for asbestos tort claims when the exposure takes place off the premises. This ruling effectively bars liability for premises defendants in ‘take home exposure’ cases where the plaintiffs claim the plaintiff was exposed to asbestos by laundering a worker’s clothes. In a… Read more »
Articles In This Issue: 1. Increased Spending on Fraud Enforcement Will Result in the Execution of More Search Warrants – Is Your Company Ready? 2. Employee’s Uphill Battle In Establishing A Class Action Under The ADA 3. A Sea Change In Government Contracts 4. The Use Of Arbitration Techniques To Resolve Modern Commercial Disputes 5…. Read more »
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court recently issued its long-anticipated opinion in Abrams v. Pneumo Abex Corporation, wherein it addressed the question of whether an individual who previously recovers damages for increased risk and fear of developing cancer due to asbestos exposure under the “one disease rule,” may later recover damages – from a party he did not previously… Read more »
A Pennsylvania trial court recently reduced the amount of security required of a primary insurer to stay execution upon a substantial judgment in a medical malpractice case. In White v. Behlke, 2009 WL 3344849 (C.P. Lackawanna County October 7, 2009), the jury returned a verdict far in excess of the insureds’ policy limits. The court allowed… Read more »
A federal court applying Pennsylvania law recently dismissed a case against an insurer seeking damages for breach of contract and bad faith following the insurer’s settlement of some but not all claims against an insured. The insurer in that case followed a first-in-first-out (FIFO) approach to settling claims and, in the process, it exhausted the… Read more »
A recent decision by the West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals could affect cases that an insurance company may be defending subject to a reservation of rights. Insurers must now be pro-active to raise and preserve potential coverage defenses. Failing to ensure that essential interrogatories are posed to the jury could foreclose the insurer from… Read more »