Nov 22, 2024 | News
In a rare legal development, Judge Thomas A. Bedell of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, West Virginia, granted motions to dismiss three separate employment-related defamation cases. The plaintiff had filed lawsuits against former co-workers, the company owner,...
Nov 20, 2024 | News
Burns White Attorneys Matthew Fry and William D’Annunzio obtained dismissal on behalf of a prison counselor accused of violating an inmate’s civil rights and the Americans with Disability Act. The Plaintiff, an inmate, had been removed from his position as a...
Nov 18, 2024 | News
On November 18, 2024, Attorney Joe Romano secured a six-figure victory for his client from the Commonwealth Court. The Commonwealth Court reversed the Order of the Workers’ Compensation Appeal Board, erroneously determining that the Petitioner was required to...
Nov 14, 2024 | News
On November 1, 2024, attorneys Jeff Jackson, Patrick Horvat, and Amanda Sargent secured a dismissal of a FELA wrongful death cancer case with prejudice after filing motions for summary judgment. The former railroad employee’s estate alleged that decedent’s exposure...
Nov 7, 2024 | News
On November 1, 2024, attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a toxic tort railroad cancer case in Wayne County, MI (Detroit) Circuit Court. Plaintiff alleged he developed cancer as a result of exposure to diesel exhaust...
