MEDICAL MALPRACTICE - NEGLIGENT INFLICTION OF EMOTIONAL DISTRESS - BYSTANDER RULE - ACTS OF OMISSION - PUNITIVE DAMAGES

Mellor v. O'Brien   [C.P. Lackawanna, January 11, 2012]

The defendants in this malpractice action have filed preliminary objections seeking to dismiss the plaintiffs' claims for negligent infliction of emotional distress (NIED) and punitive damages pursuant to Pa.R.C.P. 1028(a)(4). read more >>

CRIMINAL PRACTICE - SPOUSAL TESTIMONY PRIVILEGE - 42 Pa.C.S.A. 5913 - COLLUSIVE MARRIAGE - HARMLESS ERROR - PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT

Com. v .Lewis   [Pa. Superior, January 30, 2012]

Appellant, Erin M. Lewis, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Lebanon County Court of Common Pleas, following her jury trial conviction for tampering with public records of information. read more >>

PERSONAL INJURY - FRACTURED ANKLE - $512,803 VERDICT

Kelley v. Maenner-Chor Inc.   [C.P. Montgomery, January 25, 2012]

A Montgomery County jury of eight awarded nearly $513,000 to a woman who suffered a fractured ankle when she fell while exiting through a doorway at the Maenner-Chor Club in Norristown, Pa. read more >>