Best Lawyers Recognizes 43 Burns White Attorneys, Names Three Lawyers of the Year & 17 Lawyers as Ones to Watch

Aug 17, 2023 | News

Best Lawyers in America announced today that 43 Burns White attorneys have been selected by their peers as The Best Lawyers in America© for 2024.  Three lawyers received the additional distinction of Lawyer of the Year in their respective areas of practice, and 17...

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Addresses Constitutional Boundaries of Punitive Damage Awards

Aug 15, 2023 | Articles & Updates

Article by Daniel Twilla, Esq., Daniel Inadomi, Esq., and Adam Murdock, Esq. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently approved the “per-defendant approach” for calculating the ratio of punitive damages to compensatory damages“ as consistent with federal...

Attorneys Podheiser & Callahan Achieve Pennsylvania Superior Court Victory

Aug 14, 2023 | News

Attorneys Ira Podheiser and Peter Callahan achieved a favorable decision from the Pennsylvania Superior Court on behalf of a nursing home client.  The Superior Court affirmed the entry of judgment in favor of the nursing home client based on the principles of...

Attorneys O’Neal, Frankel & Murray Secure Dismissal of Lackawanna County Hospital

Aug 10, 2023 | News

Attorneys Stuart O’Neal, Anne Frankel, and Bill Murray secured the complete dismissal of a hospital client in Lackawanna County before trial commencement in a complex case involving allegations of a failure to diagnose and treat a stroke. The hospital client was not...

A Review of Major Topics in Professional Liability: Corporate Negligence in Pennsylvania

Aug 4, 2023 | Articles & Updates

Article by Kenneth H. Rafferty, II, Esq. Pennsylvania Courts have adopted the doctrine of corporate negligence as a theory of hospital liability.  Corporate negligence is a doctrine under which the hospital is liable if it fails to uphold the proper standard of...