Burns White Garners Four First-Tier Rankings in the U.S. News "Best Law Firms" Survey

Nov 1, 2012 | News

PITTSBURGH, November 1, 2012 — Burns White earned a national first-tier ranking in railroad law for the third year running and three metropolitan first-tier rankings in Pittsburgh for mass tort litigation/class actions defense, personal injury litigation defense and...

Philadelphia County court ruled favorably in negligence suit for hospital client

Oct 31, 2012 | News

A Philadelphia County court ruled favorably in a case where a hospital client, along with an affiliated physician and a nonprofit organization, were facing allegations of pneumonia diagnosis and treatment failure that ultimately caused a patient’s death. Represented...

ATTORNEY BLOG: The Third Circuit weighs in on the battle of the Restatements

Oct 26, 2012 | Articles & Updates

By: Stephanie Solomon, Esq. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently declined a request to accept an interlocutory appeal on a question of law “specifically limited to the issue of whether the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would adopt the Restatements...

Stuart T. O’Neal obtains dismissals for hospitals of health system client facing liability-related allegations

Oct 17, 2012 | News

Member Stuart T. O’Neal received dismissals recently in two liability-related matters for hospitals belonging to the same health system client. In the first case, the estate of a 54-year-old man alleged that a hospital emergency room (ER) was responsible for not...

John Cromer secures directed verdict for an environmental services client in alleged breach of contract and professional liability case

Oct 12, 2012 | News

Earlier this month, Member John B. Cromer secured a directed verdict ruling for an environmental services client who, along with a subconsulting entity, was facing breach of contract and professional negligence allegations in the design of a water treatment plant that...