On September 12, 2022, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Colville (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania) entered an order...
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Appellate Advocacy: 5 Keys to Developing Persuasive Briefs & Oral Arguments
Article by Holly Olarczuk-Smith, Esq. Representing a client on appeal is wholly unlike representing a client at trial. Effective appellate advocacy...
Attorney Pohl Wins Full Federal Court Dismissal on Behalf of Bank President
On September 1, 2022, U.S. District Judge David Cercone (U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania) entered an order dismissing,...
Key Changes to the Venue Rules for Medical Professional Liability Claims in Pennsylvania
Article by Daniel Margonari, Esq. On Thursday, August 25, 2022, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court eliminated the venue carve-out applicable to medical...
Does a Plaintiff’s Illegal Action Preclude Recovery as a Matter of Law?
Article by Josey Richards, Law Clerk A recurring issue is whether drug and rehabilitation centers can assert the defense of comparative negligence...
Supreme Court of Ohio Finds Anti-Blocking Statute is Federally Pre-Empted & Cannot be Enforced Against Railroad
Article by Colleen Mountcastle, Esq. In State v. CSX Transp., Inc., Slip Opinion No. 2022-Ohio-2832, the Supreme Court of Ohio found that Ohio’s...
Premier Railroad Industry Thought Leader to Join Burns White’s Railroad Law Practice Group
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...
Best Lawyers in America Recognizes 31 Burns White Attorneys, Names One Lawyer of the Year, and 15 Lawyers as Ones to Watch
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....
Is an Employer Liable to Purchase a New Home for an Injured Worker?
Article by Stephen Perrott, Esq. and Joseph Romano, Esq. In a recent Decision, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania held that while an employer is...
Construction Materials: Where Are You and Why Do You Cost So Much?
Article by D. Matthew Jameson III, Esq., published in The Legal Intelligencer Posted on August 9, 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the...
Attorneys Martz and Granaudo Gesty Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict In Medical Malpractice Case
Attorneys Daniel Martz and Maria Granaudo Gesty obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a medical malpractice/wrongful death case tried for more...
Attorneys Jackson & Jewart Receive Defense Verdict in Philadelphia Railroad Cancer Lawsuit
Attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Brandon Jewart obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a railroad client in an occupational cancer case in...
Attorneys Jackson & Sargent Obtain Summary Judgment in Cancer Case for Railroad Client in New York
In a matter that commenced in Albany, NY, attorneys Jeffrey Jackson and Amanda Sargent successfully defended a leukemia cancer claim asserted...
Courts Find Direct Repair Claims Not So Direct
Article by Daniel Twilla, Esq. and Kathleen Dapper. Esq., published in The Legal Intelligencer Posted on July 26, 2022 Pennsylvania bad-faith...
Back to School, Back to Masks?
Article by Kerven Moon, Esq. and Kiley Verbanac, Law Clerk While the seasons have changed and the weather has gotten warmer, one thing has remained...
Ethical Issues in Employment Law: When Is (and Isn’t) Joint Representation Permitted?
Article by Douglas Hart, Esq. From inadvertently disclosing electronic records in discovery to dealing with third-party payment issues (i.e., when...
Attorney Hart Receives Defense Verdict in Personal Injury Matter
Attorney Douglas Hart obtains a defense verdict on behalf of a Commonwealth agency in a personal injury case in Dauphin County. The plaintiff was...
Attorneys Hart & Stadler Obtain Summary Judgment for Nursing Home Client, Upheld by WV Supreme Court of Appeals
In a matter that was commenced in Cabell County, West Virginia, attorneys Douglas Hart and Mark Stadler successfully defended claims asserted...
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Grants Allowance of Appeal in Regular Use Exclusion Case
Article by Kathleen P. Dapper, Esq. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has granted the petition for allowance of appeal in Rush v. Erie Insurance...
Attorneys Obtain Two Dismissals In Federal Court Putative Class Actions
On June 10, 2022, Burns White attorneys obtained full, with-prejudice dismissals in two significant, federal court putative class actions on behalf...
Attorney Sunseri Successfully Argues Order Granting Summary Judgment For Insurance Broker Before Fourth Circuit Court Of Appeals
Attorney Anthony Sunseri recently argued an appeal taken by Plaintiff from a Federal District Court Order, granting summary judgment for a Defendant...
Attorney Bass Successfully Defends Nursing Home Client
Attorney John Bass successfully defended a survival claim in arbitration for a nursing home client in Allegheny County. The plaintiff alleged that...
Attorneys Healey & Lokuta Receive Dismissal For Hospital
Attorneys Jody Healey and Fred Lokuta received a summary judgment dismissing all claims for an area hospital client in the Luzerne County Court of...
Burns White Announces Commitment to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity’s Leaders at the Front Initiative
Burns White is proud to announce the firm's commitment to the Leadership Council on Legal Diversity's Leaders at the Front initiative. Leaders at...
Malin Obtains Defense Verdict in Product Liability Matter
On May 20, 2022 attorney Michael Malin obtained a defense verdict on a strict product liability matter in Schuylkill County. After a five day trial...
12 Attorneys Named To Prestigious Pennsylvania Super Lawyers/Rising Stars Lists
12 Burns White attorneys from across Pennsylvania were named to the 2022 Super Lawyers/Rising Stars lists. These attorneys have been identified as...
Provider Liability Under EMTALA: An Overview
Article by Ryan King, Esq. The Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) is a federal law that Congress enacted in 1986 to prevent...
New Jersey Appellate Division Finds Exclusion To Be A Hidden Trap
Article by Kaavya Ramesh, Esq. The Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division, recently found that the intra-family liability step-down...
Jose Duque Recipient of 2022 Burns White Diversity in the Law Scholarship at Duquesne University School of Law
Duquesne University School of Law student, Jose Duque, is the recipient of the 2022 Burns White Diversity in the Law Scholarship, awarded to an...
Alexandersen & Olarczuk-Smith Obtain Summary Judgment For Two Railroad Carriers
On May 2, 2022, Attorneys Kevin Alexandersen and Holly Olarczuk-Smith obtained a summary judgment motion for two major railroad carriers in a cancer...