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Mendoza-Colon v. Luscomb, Inc., 2025 PA Super 83 (Pa. Super. Apr. 10, 2025) - On appeal, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania vacated and remanded a trial court’s transfer of venue order, holding that the trial court had...more
Key Points: Standard of Care: Patient assessment and discussion of procedures to be performed to evaluate the patient prior to surgery fall under the purview of the standard of care, not informed consent....more
Vandever v. Stair, 2025 WL 523863 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2025) - The Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld the dismissal of a medical negligence claim against a physician, finding that the plaintiff failed to present sufficient...more
Not everything stamped “privileged” is safe from prying eyes. The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled that interview notes compiled by a sorority’s leadership after a tragic incident were not shielded by...more
Efforts by defendants to challenge venue in Philadelphia took another backwards step this week when the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reversed a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas’ order transferring venue to Bucks County....more
Key Points: Pennsylvania’s Fair Share Act permits the inclusion of a defendant or other non-party who has entered into a release with a plaintiff to be included on the verdict sheet and, thus, subject to apportionment of...more
An insurance broker sought to stay the plaintiff’s negligence action asserted against it pending a determination on the claims of breach of contract and bad faith alleged against the insurer. The court denied the motion to...more