What is the “Standard of Care” in a Pandemic?: Medical Malpractice Defense in Response to a Public Health Emergency

May 4, 2020 | Articles & Updates

By Megan B. Kelleher, Esquire In this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have been forced to walk a fine line between their longstanding and well-documented professional standards of care and a new time-sensitive crisis standard of care in the face...

Burns White Attorney Speaks at Strafford Live Webinar

Apr 29, 2020 | Events

Attorney Monica Fillmore spoke on the topic of deposing nursing home employees and owners on April 29, 2020 at Strafford Publication’s live webinar.

Webinar: The Opportunities and Challenges of Telemedicine in the Healthcare Industry

Apr 28, 2020 | Healthcare Law Webinars

Date:           Wednesday, May 27, 2020 at 12:00 p.m. EST Speaker:      Ryan King, Esq. The practice of medicine is ever changing and with the advent of telemedicine and societal factors created by the current pandemic,...

Superior Court Finds Reservation of Rights Letter Which Does Not Include Potential Exclusions to Be Ineffective

Apr 28, 2020 | News

The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently held that while reservation of rights letters from insurance companies do not need to list every potential defense to coverage, a reservation of rights letter which does not include some detail regarding potential exclusions...

Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Trucking Industry and the Response From the FMCSA

Apr 27, 2020 | Articles & Updates

Trucks move roughly 71.4% of the nation’s freight by weight.  According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, as of May 2019, the number of for-hire carriers on file with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) totaled 892,078, private...