PennLive.com, PA Skyrocketing insurance premiums sparked by rampant medical malpractice lawsuit abuse has been the driving force behind the majority of these closures. Yet, Governor Rendell recently declared that Pennsylvania’s malpractice lawsuit abuse crisis is over. … Topics: abuse, cost, insurance, law, lawsuit, lawyer, malpractice, medical, medical malpractice, medical malpractice lawsuit, news, pennsylvania, sue
Babcock & Wilcox has settled a 14-year-long lawsuits for $52.5 million for personal injury, wrongful death and property damage to 365 claimants from the Apollo and Parks area. U.S. District Court Judge Donetta Ambrose, chief judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, approved the settlement Friday. The plaintiffs alleged that airborne radioactive emissions from the [...]
The Pennsylvania (PA) Supreme Court is today hearing what could possibly be a landmark mesothelioma case to determine whether or not Pennsylvania will adopt the American Law Institute’s (ALI) Restatement of Torts to recognize the elements of negligence in products liability cases – alleging strict liability. Pennsylvania’s laws have, so far, kept these claims separate from one another. In the Bogosh case, his estate was awarded damages after he died of the disease mesothelioma which is caused by insulation materials and asbestos exposure. The defendant in this case was a descendant…
A jury in Pennsylvania awarded a child with cerebral palsy (CP) $20.5 million from a medical malpractice lawsuit filed as a result of mistakes occouring at the time of the its birth. The case involved the June, 2001 birth of C. White, who is diagnosed with cerebral palsy. His family alleges that the disability was caused damage to the brain after a four hour delay in his delivery. According to the medical malpractice lawsuit, the boy’s mother, L White, arrived at Community Medical…