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Attorney Barbacane Secures Complete Dismissal of Hospital Client
Attorney Courtney Barbacane secured the complete dismissal of a hospital client in Lackawanna County, PA in a medical malpractice action involving...
Burns White Announces New Employment Practices Liability Practice Group Co-Chairs
Burns White has appointed Pittsburgh Member Thomas M. Pohl and Philadelphia Member Elizabeth A. Stefanski as co-chairs of the Employment Practices...
Burns White Attorneys Named to Prestigious Ohio Super Lawyers/Rising Stars Lists
Two Burns White attorneys across Ohio were named to the 2025 Super Lawyers/Rising Stars lists. These attorneys have been identified as outstanding...
Burns White Announces Stuart T. O’Neal, III as New Chief Executive Officer
Burns White LLC is pleased to announce the appointment of Stuart T. O’Neal, III as the Firm’s new Chief Executive Officer, effective immediately, to...
Attorney Glyptis Receives Dismissal in Three Employment Defamation Cases
In a rare legal development, Judge Thomas A. Bedell of the Circuit Court of Harrison County, West Virginia, granted motions to dismiss three...
Attorneys Fry & D’Annunzio Obtain Dismissal on Behalf of Prison Counselor
Burns White Attorneys Matthew Fry and William D’Annunzio obtained dismissal on behalf of a prison counselor accused of violating an inmate’s civil...
Attorney Romano Secures Six-Figure Victory for Workers’ Compensation Client
On November 18, 2024, Attorney Joe Romano secured a six-figure victory for his client from the Commonwealth Court. The Commonwealth Court reversed...
Attorneys Jackson, Horvat & Sargent Obtain Dismissal of Railroad Wrongful Death Cancer Case
On November 1, 2024, attorneys Jeff Jackson, Patrick Horvat, and Amanda Sargent secured a dismissal of a FELA wrongful death cancer case with...
Attorneys Jackson & Jewart Secure Unanimous Defense Verdict in Railroad Cancer Case
On November 1, 2024, attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a toxic tort railroad cancer case in Wayne...
Attorneys Perry & Lansden Affirm Summary Judgement for Insurance Company
The Intermediate Court of Appeals of West Virginia recently held by way of signed opinion that an insurer’s denial of underinsured motorists (UIM)...
Burns White Recognized Among 2025 “Best Law Firms” in Best Lawyers® Rankings
Burns White LLC is among the Best Law Firms in the country, according to the 2025 Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” rankings, receiving 29...
Attorney Barbacane Secures Complete Dismissal for Physician
Attorney Courtney C. Barbacane secured the complete dismissal of a civil suit against a physician, with prejudice, after Plaintiff failed to...
Burns White Secures Summary Judgment on Behalf of Medical Group Accused of Failing to Supervise Nursing Staff & Physicians
Burns White attorneys, Mark Hartig, Albert Rodriguez, and Ed Carbone obtained a final summary judgment on behalf of a Medical Group accused of...
Attorneys Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Win Appeal for Two Railroad Carriers
On October 17, 2024, the Eighth District Court of Appeals affirmed the exclusion of plaintiff’s medical causation expert and summary judgment for...
Burns White Successfully Defends Trial Court Victory; Sets Precedential Law On Corporate Liability Defenses
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania denied the Plaintiff’s Petition for Allowance of Appeal in Corey v. Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. This finalized...
Attorney Barbacane Successfully Resolves Medical Malpractice Action
Attorney Courtney Barbacane successfully resolved a medical malpractice action for the costs of defense, despite the case being venued in...
Burns White Welcomes Nine New Attorneys in the Third Quarter of 2024
Burns White welcomes nine new attorneys spanning the healthcare, railroad, and workers’ compensation practice areas in the firm’s Cherry Hill,...
Attorney Margonari Obtained Dismissal with Prejudice on Behalf of Local Hospital
Attorney Daniel Margonari obtained dismissal, with prejudice, on behalf of a local hospital. The Plaintiff, a patient, asserted an action stemming...
Attorney Kirkwood Secures Voluntary Discontinuance with Prejudice on Behalf of Class I Railroad
Attorney Corey Kirkwood secured a voluntary discontinuance with prejudice on behalf of a major Class 1 railroad in a personal injury case filed in...
Attorneys Lyda & Sigurdson Secure Voluntary Discontinuance with Prejudice on Behalf of Class I Railroad
Attorneys T.H. Lyda and Richard Sigurdson secured a discontinuance with prejudice and on the merits on behalf of a major Class 1 railroad in a lung...
Attorney Barbacane Successfully Negotiates Settlement on Behalf of Hospital
Attorney Courtney Barbacane successfully negotiated a settlement on behalf of a hospital client. Barbacane demonstrated that the hospital was...
Attorneys Jackson & Jewart Obtain Summary Judgment on Behalf of Class I Railroad Carrier
Attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a Class I railroad carrier in a Federal Employers’...
Attorney Glyptis Receives Judgment for Energy Company
Attorney Phillip Glyptis received an order granting judgment in Monroe County Court of Common Pleas for an energy company. The court agreed with...
Attorneys O’Neal, Margonari & Rafferty Obtain Summary Judgment on Behalf of Prison Medical Providers
Attorneys Stuart O’Neal, Daniel Margonari, Ken Rafferty, and Senior Paralegal Dawn Keiser, successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of...
Attorneys Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment for Railroad Carrier
Attorneys Kevin Alexandersen and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained a summary judgment for a major railroad carrier in a lung cancer case filed in...
Attorneys O’Neal, Baron & Rafferty Secure Complete Dismissal of Seven-Figure Case Two Days Before Trial
The Burns White Trial Team of Stuart O’Neal, Kimberly Baron, Kenneth Rafferty, and trial paralegal Ann Konchinsky secured the complete dismissal of...
Attorneys Palmer, Perrache & Jones Obtain Summary Judgment on Behalf of Class I Railroad Carrier
Attorneys Edwin Palmer, Lisa Perrache, and Melanie Jones successfully obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Class I railroad carrier in a FELA...
Attorneys Derner & O’Neal Secure Dismissal with Prejudice for Maryland Dental Practice
Attorneys Stuart O'Neal and Mark Derner secured a Dismissal with Prejudice for a Maryland Dental practice based on a Personal Jurisdiction Argument....
Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 44 Burns White Attorneys, Names Two Lawyers of the Year & 11 Lawyers as Ones to Watch
Best Lawyers in America announced today that 44 Burns White attorneys have been selected by their peers as The Best Lawyers in America© for...
Preet Patel Recipient of 2024 Burns White Diversity in the Law Scholarship at Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University
Thomas R. Kline School of Law of Duquesne University student, Preet Patel, is the recipient of the 2024 Burns White Diversity in the Law...