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Attorney Margonari Secures Dismissal of Hospital Client at Trial
Attorney Daniel Margonari successfully secured the dismissal of a Defendant Hospital from a medical malpractice case filed in Fayette County,...
Attorneys Griffin & Johnson Successfully Defend Medical Malpractice Case in PA
Attorneys Ashley Griffin and Dave Johnson successfully defended a medical malpractice case in Butler County, Pennsylvania, against a physician...
Autopsy, Cremation & the Spoliation of Evidence in Wrongful Death Cases
Article by Courtney Barbacane, Esq., published in The Legal Intelligencer Posted on March 28, 2023 What happens when an autopsy is performed,...
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...
What is the “Standard of Care” in a Pandemic?: Medical Malpractice Defense in Response to a Public Health Emergency
By Megan B. Kelleher, Esquire In this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare providers have been forced to walk a fine line between their...
Healey, Freiler Obtain Jury Defense Verdict for Medical Services Client
Attorneys Joseph T. (Jody) Healey and Nicole C. Freiler obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a privately owned company that is contracted to...
Seven Year Statute of Repose Ruled Unconstitutional
Article by Daniel J. Margonari, Esq. On October 31, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in Yanakos v. UPMC, 10 WAP 2018 (Pa. 2019), removed the...
The Risk of Medical Malpractice Lawsuits for Opioid-Prescribing Physicians
Article by Andrew Hazi, Esq. As the nation’s opioid epidemic continues, physicians are increasingly facing scrutiny with regard to their...
O’Neal, Maravich Deliver Defense Verdict in Highly-Contested Case
Burns White trial attorneys, Stuart T. O’Neal and Sean Maravich, obtained a defense verdict on behalf of a hospital and physician practice group in...
Bass Successfully Defends Nursing Home, Administrator & Corporate Defendants in Arbitration
Attorney John Bass launched a successful medical malpractice defense on behalf of our firm's client. Plaintiff, represented by the law firm of...
Defense Verdict Affirmed in Cardiac Stent Litigation
On February 27, 2019, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed a defense verdict entered in the bellwether case of the Cardiac Stent litigation,...
David R. Johnson Delivers Medical Malpractice Defense Verdict for Gastroenterologist and Practice
An Allegheny County jury delivered a defense verdict in a case involving the death of a 62-year old woman from colon cancer, whose estate claimed...
Burns White Attorneys Granted Motion for Summary Judgment for Medical Center
Attorneys, Stuart O'Neal, Sean Maravich, Katherine Senior, and Amy Riley obtained a dismissal of the firm's client, a large regional medical center,...
Medical Malpractice: Reginelli Peer Review Case Update
On March 27, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling significantly impacting Pennsylvania’s peer review protections. The Court in...
Burns White Grows Medical Malpractice Defense Practice, Adds Premier Legal Team
Burns White added a team of five to its medical malpractice defense practice. Attorneys David Johnson, Ashley Griffin, and Daniel Margonari joined...