Sep 2, 2022 | News
On September 1, 2022, U.S. District Judge David Cercone (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania) entered an order dismissing, with prejudice, all claims against the president of a bank who had been sued for alleged Section 1983 federal civil...
Aug 18, 2022 | News
Burns White announced today that J. Roy Nunn would join the firm on September 1, 2022 as Counsel in the Railroad Law practice group. Nunn joins Burns White from CSX Transportation, Inc., where he served as Assistant General Counsel for nearly 20 years. He will be...
Aug 18, 2022 | News
Best Lawyers in America© announced today that 31 Burns White attorneys have been selected by their peers as The Best Lawyers in America© for 2023. One lawyer received the additional distinction of Lawyer of the Year in his respective area of practice, and 15...
Aug 8, 2022 | News
Attorneys Daniel Martz and Maria Granaudo Gesty obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case tried for more than 8 days in the Kent County Superior Court in Dover, Delaware. Martz and Granaudo Gesty represented an emergency...
Aug 4, 2022 | News
Attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a railroad client in an occupational cancer case in Philadelphia County. The plaintiff alleged that he developed bladder cancer as a result of occupational exposure to secondhand...
Aug 4, 2022 | News
In a matter that commenced in Albany, NY, attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Amanda Sargent successfully defended a leukemia cancer claim asserted against a railroad client based on exposures to diesel exhaust and other toxic chemicals. After several months of discovery,...
