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Has a Local Prothonotary Rejected Your Filing in Pennsylvania? Read This.

Amelia Michael October 28, 2025 1 Comment

It has happened to every litigator practicing in the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas. You have worked overnight to complete a brief or pleading before the filing deadline, you have…

Trial or Arbitration Date? No Longer Good Cause, and Now Exceptional Circumstances

Amelia Michael October 8, 2025 No Comments

In Kronfeld v. Malone, No. A-2044-23, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div., October 1, 2025), the Appellate Court was tasked with determining the appropriate legal standard to apply when ruling on…

Cutting Corners: A Hospital’s Responsibility for Its Doctors

Amelia Michael September 12, 2025 No Comments

On July 10, 2025, in a reported and precedential decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a $182 million verdict against a corporate medical provider based purely on vicarious liability in…

Clearly Visible, Legally Vulnerable: Why ‘Obvious Risks’ Didn’t Shield Target’s Supplier from Suit

Amelia Michael July 25, 2025 No Comments

In a recent decision, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a motion for summary judgment filed by Ideal Shield LLC (“Ideal Shield”), a manufacturer…

An Undisputably Authentic Dismissal

Amelia Michael July 24, 2025 No Comments

On June 16, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the defendant’s Motion to Dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) in Williams v. W.M. Barr &…

Stationary Escalator

Amelia Michael July 21, 2025 No Comments

Stopped Escalator Enumerated Device. Stairs Next? “Stationary escalator” or, more commonly known as, “stairs.” In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, First Department affirmed a Supreme Court, Bronx County decision…

Reframing the Accident

Amelia Michael July 18, 2025 No Comments

Decision Highlights Differing Artistic Visions of Accident between Supreme Court and First Department In a recent decision the Appellate Division, First Department unanimously reversed a Supreme Court, New York County…

“Safety” Device

Amelia Michael July 17, 2025 No Comments

Pulley System Collapses, Hoisting Plaintiff to Summary Judgment Sometimes it’s the safety device itself that workers need protection from. In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, First Department modified a…

New Jersey Appellate Division Rejects Expanded Sidewalk Liability for Residential Properties Undergoing Renovations

Igor Konstankevich July 15, 2025 No Comments

The New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division, recently affirmed the established distinction between residential and commercial sidewalk liability in the matter of Gottsleben v. Annese (Docket No. A-3851-23), decided July…

You Shall Not Pass

Amelia Michael July 3, 2025 No Comments

Site of Plaintiff’s Fall Not Passageway According to Industrial Code In a recent decision, the Appellate Division, Second Department modified a Supreme Court, County order that denied the branches of…

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