The Future is now in products liability law in Pennsylvania after Tincher v. Omega Flex
The Future is now in products liability law in Pennsylvania after Tincher v. Omega Flex The Pennsylvania Supreme Court after several fits and starts did not “adopt” Restatement of Tort (Third) §402(A); but nonetheless, set products liability law on a new course...
The Use of Mediation for Construction Accidents
Ronald Sherr, Attorney | The percentage of plaintiffs' verdicts in Philadelphia Common Pleas Courts has decreased dramatically in 2015. It is most noticeable in construction cases. Construction cases are complex, costly and tough to win in jury trials. They...
U.S. Court of Appeals upholds dismissal of multi-million claim against municipality client
On August 4, 2016, a panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit affirmed the dismissal of a civil rights claim seeking multi millions of dollars against a local municipality and its elected officials. Tucker Industries filed suit against the...
Demystifying the Executive Session in the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act
Demystifying the Executive Session in the Pennsylvania Sunshine Act The Pennsylvania Sunshine Act is extremely narrow in its definition of an executive session. All too often, elected officials and their legal counsel label closed meetings “executive sessions”...
Gee, I Helped This Guy Today
Published in 2016 Pennsylvania Super Lawyers — June 2016 by Steve Knopper Link to Original Article Back then, few people took the LSAT, and Pennsylvania law students needed established “preceptors” to shepherd them through their degrees and early careers. Only a...