Skip to main content

Author: Rieders Travis

WORKERS’ COMPENSATION-IMMUNITY-OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE-LATENT OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE

McHenry v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 2023 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 191 (November 14, 2023) (Dumas, J.). The Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (Goodyear) appeals by permission from the order entered by the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) on January 20, 2022, which denied without prejudice Goodyear’s motion to dismiss for lack […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE-THIRD PARTY LIABILITY

Ritz v. Ramsay, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 540 (November 14, 2023) (Stabile, J.). Appellants, Jeffrey A. Ritz, as executor of the estate of Joseph H. Cummins (the “Decedent”), and Jolene L. Cummins, appeal from the August 9, 2022 order sustaining the preliminary objections of Appellees RHJ Medical Center, Inc. (“RHJ”), Denise L. Shinsky, Keri A. […]

BAD FAITH-INVESTIGATION

Goldsmith v. Nationwide Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 197359 (November 2, 2023) (Mannion, J.). In this bad faith insurance claim case, defendant-insurer Nationwide felt Plaintiff William Goldsmith was not forthcoming with key details in its investigation into the alleged theft and arson of his car—such as when Goldsmith last saw the car or the […]

EVIDENCE-CLOSING ARGUMENT-GOLDEN RULE

Odgers v. Progressive N. Ins. Co., 2023 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 196483 (November 1, 2023) (Mariani, J.). With the Defendant’s Motion in Limine to Preclude Golden Rule Arguments, Defendant requests the Court to preclude Plaintiff, her counsel, or any representative to make reference to any of the following matters in the presence of the jury: a. […]

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE-ALTERED MEDICAL RECORDS

Hutchinson v. Verstraeten, 2023 Pa. Super. LEXIS 528, 2023 WL 7381470 (November 8, 2023) (Kunselman, J.). Brenda and Douglas Hutchinson appeal from the judgment entered on the jury’s defense verdict in favor of Dr. Thierry C. Verstraeten, M.D.; E. Ronald Salvitti, M.D., Inc.; and Allegheny Ophthalmic & Orbital Associates, P.C. (“the Eye Clinic”). The Hutchinsons […]