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...
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...
Oct 10, 2012 | News
October 17, 2012 — Burns White Members Stuart T. O’Neal and Sheila M. Burke, and Associate Kara C. White were appointed to serve new board and committee positions of the Professional Liability Defense Federation (PLDF) at its annual conference in Chicago, Sept. 26-27,...
Oct 9, 2012 | News
Brian M. Mancos, an Associate in the Transportation Group, successfully obtained an order granting a motion for summary judgment in favor of two major railroad clients in the Court of Common Pleas in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff, a 59-year-old former...
Sep 28, 2012 | News
Co-Chair of the Employment Law Group Dean Falavolito obtained a summary judgment earlier this week for the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission in a case where a former employee claimed that the company discriminated against his alcohol and drug-related disability under...
Sep 18, 2012 | News
Member John B. Cromer was quoted in a Sept. 14, 2012 article about New York City’s ban on sodas larger than 16 ounces for U.S. News & World Report. Click here to read the article.