Summary Judgment for Area Hospital Obtained in Corporate Negligence Action
Burns White attorney, Daniel Margonari, obtained a summary judgment for a Pennsylvania hospital in a case brought by a former patient who developed an infection following a knee replacement surgery. Plaintiff eventually brought a lawsuit sounding in corporate...
Trial Court Holds That Household Exclusion Remains Valid When Insured Has Rejected Stacking
A Pennsylvania trial court has held that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision in Gallagher v. GEICO does not preclude application of the household exclusion in cases in which the insured has elected non-stacked insurance coverage. See Nationwide Prop. & Cas....
PA Superior Court Holds that PTSD Could Be Covered as “Bodily Injury” if it Resulted from Physical Injury
On December 4, 2019, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, in a published opinion, held that post traumatic stress disorder (“PTSD”) could be covered as “bodily injury” – as defined in an auto policy – if the PTSD resulted from physical injuries. Evans v. Travelers Ins....