The Appellate Division ruled in McNellis-Wallace v. Hoffman that a malpractice attorney could not sustain a claim against successor attorneys for contribution and indemnification where the original attorney negligently failed
The Superior Court reversed the trial court’s order, which granted summary judgment, ruling that the plaintiff was entitled to equitable tolling of the statute of limitations based on an “affirmative
In Talmadge v. Ervin, the Superior Court vacated the judgment and remanded the case for a new trial, finding that, because the defendant did not properly preserve an objection during
In Temple v. Providence Care Ctr., the Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that a trial court has the authority to halt proceedings and sua sponte order a mistrial only where there is
In a case that could come straight out of a law school torts exam, a divided Superior Court ruled in Lageman v. Zepp that the trial court erred in denying
In Charlton v. Troy, a medical malpractice case, the Superior Court held that the plaintiffs’ use of a textbook to cross-examine a defense doctor was improper and highly prejudicial.
The plaintiff was injured during birth. She was born at Sharon Regional Health center under the care of Dr. John Gallagher. Her family retained counsel to pursue a tort claim
The plaintiff initiated a medical malpractice action after developing complications from her stay at Virtua Hospital. After nurses properly inserted a feeding tube into the plaintiff, the plaintiff removed the
#CivilLaw #MedMal #ExpertTestimony 04/28/2020- Rolon, as the administrator of the estate of Maria Sanchez-Rodriguez, filed a medical malpractice action against Davies as well as others, alleging the defendants’ negligence led
In this medical malpractice suit, the defendant hospital Wilkes-Barre General Hospital sought to protect certain reports made in the wake of a botched medical procedure. The hospital claimed that the
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