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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...
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...
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 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...
Essential Legal Updates & Risk Management Strategies for Healthcare Professionals in the Nuclear Verdict Era
Essential Legal Updates & Risk Management Strategies for Healthcare Professionals in the Nuclear Verdict Era Thursday, November 14 | 9:00 AM -...
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 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 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....
Defense Litigation & Special Interrogatories in the Context of the PA “Fair Share Act”
Article by Julia Sarabia, Law Clerk Defense litigators can use special interrogatories in jury verdicts to prevent apportionment of more than 60%...
Ostensible Agency Theory Applied to Non-Hospitals
Article by Bradley Kessler, Law Clerk Ostensible agency theory is a vicarious liability theory that is traditionally applied to hospitals alone....
The FTC’s Recent Non-Compete Clause Rule & How It Affects Medical Malpractice Litigation
Article by Gabriela Jones, Law Clerk Restrictive covenants, i.e.,non-competition and non-disclosure clauses are used by employers to shield...
Attorneys O’Neal, Margonari & Rafferty Receive Dismissal with Prejudice on Behalf of Prison Medical Staff Member
Attorneys Stuart O’Neal, Daniel Margonari, Ken Rafferty, and senior paralegal Dawn Keiser received a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a...
O’Neal Team Gets Voluntary Dismissal
The trial team of Stuart O’Neal, Marcy Tanker, and Mark Derner succeeded in having the Hospital voluntarily dismissed from a case involving a...
Attorneys Mundy, Woolsey, & Mintz Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict in COVID-19 Nursing Home Malpractice Trial
On May 17, attorneys William J. Mundy and Alexandra R. Woolsey obtained a unanimous defense verdict in a nursing home malpractice trial in the...
Attorneys Hartig, Hinkle & Rodriguez Secure Summary Judgment on Behalf of Medical Group
Burns White attorneys Mark Hartig, Kyleen Hinkle, and Albert Rodriguez obtained summary judgment on behalf of a Medical Group with multiple clinics...
Attorneys Barbacane, Kaminski & O’Neal Secure Dismissal of a Hospital Client
Attorneys Courtney Barbacane, Michelle Kaminski, and Stuart O’Neal secured the complete dismissal of a hospital client in Luzerne County, four (4)...
Corey v. Wilkes-Barre Hospital Company LLC: An Analysis on Pennsylvania Corporate Negligence Law
The following offers an overview of Corey v. Wilkes-Barre Hosp., Co. LLC, 2023 PA Super 262, 307 A.3d 701 (2023). This opinion concerned an appeal...
Attorneys O’Neal, Margonari & Derner Receive Dismissal with Prejudice
Attorneys Stuart O’Neal, Daniel Margonari, Mark Derner, and Senior Paralegal Dawn Keiser, received a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a...
Attorneys Margulies & Fillmore Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict in Three-Week Medical Malpractice Trial
Attorneys Rick Margulies and Monica Fillmore obtained a defense verdict in a birth injury case on behalf of two physicians and a hospital after a...
Attorney Cowhey Obtains Defense Verdict on Behalf of Hospital
Attorney Carol Cowhey recently obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital in a binding arbitration involving claims under the Mental Health...
Frankel & Richards Obtain Complete Dismissal of Corporate Defendant
Anne Frankel and Josey Richards continue to aggressively defend allegations of sexual misconduct on behalf of a nursing home in the Philadelphia...
Attorneys Martz & Cowhey Obtain Unanimous Defense Verdict
Members Daniel Martz and Carol Cowhey obtained a unanimous defense verdict following a 6-day medical malpractice trial in the Philadelphia Court of...
Attorneys Healey & Frankel Receive Arbitration Finding for Defense
Attorneys Jody Healey and Anne Frankel received a finding for the defense after an Arbitration involving a wrongful death case against a Lackawanna...
Attorneys O’Neal, Margonari & Murray Receive Dismissal On Behalf of Prison Medicine Provider
Attorneys Stuart O’Neal, Daniel Margonari, and William Murray and senior paralegal, Dawn Keiser, received a dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a...
Attorneys O’Neal, Riley & Kaminski Successfully Defend Lackawanna County Hospital
Attorneys Stuart O’Neal, Amy Riley, and Michelle Kaminski were recently successful in defending a Lackawanna County Hospital in a medical...
Attorneys Callahan & Woepse Receive Defense Verdict in Favor of Skilled Nursing Facility
On December 18, 2023, Attorneys Peter Callahan and Spencer Woepse received a complete defense verdict at arbitration in favor of a skilled nursing...
Superior Court Affirms Initial Jury Verdict & Judgment of the Trial Court in Favor of Hospital
Plaintiff brought this medical professional negligence action against our client (the Hospital), alleging that the Hospital’s emergency room staff...
Attorneys Margonari, Johnson & Podheiser Obtain Precedential PA Superior Court Opinion in Defense Win
Burns White attorneys Daniel Margonari, David Johnson & Ira Podheiser obtained precedential Pennsylvania Superior Court opinion in defense win....