The community of Sunbury, PA, had enacted an ordinance defining a "nuisance property" as one which had received three or more "founded" code violations in a 12 month period. Plaintiffs, residential landlords, were cited for violations, however, they contended they were not "founded" and...
In the September, 2010 issue of The Barrister, a Camden County Bar Association publication, a listing entitled Verdicts In The Court, includes a total of 32 cases tried in the Superior Court of New Jersey for the period of May 1st through June 30th, 2010. ...
Robert M. Kaplan, Esq., a partner in our southern New Jersey office, received the Superior Court of New Jersey ruling in the case of Cupido v. Perez, a personal injury auto matter where the Superior Court overturned the lower court ruling. The Superior Court found the auto insurer,...
This was a case involving a 45 year old woman and mother of four who, in a community hospital setting, developed sudden weakness in all four extremities several days post op following amputation of a gangrenous toe brought on by uncontrolled diabetes and group b strep bacteremia. (During the...
Attorney Gerald Connor, an associate in our Scranton, Pennsylvania, office, received a defense verdict in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, after a 2-day jury trial. The Plaintiff (the foreman for a contractor doing a large construction project on our client's farm) received a severe...
In an auto vs. truck suit with a challenging fact pattern, Pittsburgh counsel, D. J. Geis, Esquire, admitted liability on behalf of his defendant truck operator who rear-ended plaintiff's vehicle. Our expert conceded the plaintiff had a minor soft tissue injury and counsel for the plaintiff...
Congratulations to Emery J. Mishky, Esq., a partner in our northern New Jersey location, who successfully concluded a two week jury trial on behalf of our tavern owner client. The tavern is alleged to have served the 20-year-old defendant driver, and 20-year-old decedent plaintiff while minors;...
This case involved a 6 month old girl who died from peritonitis induced sepsis seven days post colostomy take down relating to the surgical treatment of the child's congenital Hirschprung's disease. Three days following January discharge from the hospital, the child developed...
Congratulations to our Philadelphia partner, Richard J Margolis, Esq., who recently convinced the Trial Court of Lehigh County to Strike a Confession of Judgement in the amount of $120,000 against a client/tenant. Richard contended the confession of judgment clause within the commercial lease...