November 01, 2011 By John P. Martin, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER A judge said Tuesday that a priest and a teacher accused in a lawsuit of raping a Northeast Philadelphia altar boy could not question the alleged victim until after their criminal trial on the charges next year. Common Pleas Court Judge William J. Manfredi denied the [...]
A Superior Court jury awarded a Philadelphia widower $1.1 million this week, finding his wife died after receiving substandard care from a Newark cardiologist. The verdict by the jury in Wilmington against Dr. Ehsanur Rahman came late Thursday afternoon after about five hours of deliberations. Wilmington News Journal April 15, 2000 By Mary Allen The jury [...]
A Philadelphia jury yesterday awarded $3.025 million to a woman assaulted by a client housed at a Bucks County treatment facility for juvenile sex offenders. At the time of the assault, the client was on an excursion with a counselor from the facility who lost sight of him. The Legal Intelligencer - June 30, 2002 By [...]
A Philadelphia jury awarded nearly $2.5 million yesterday to a woman who had a towel left in her abdomen by the same doctor who was ordered to pay $1.7 million last week in another case for failing to diagnose breast cancer. By Lori Lichtman Of the Legal Staff In February 1992, Dr. Marvin Kalafer performed a [...]
Courtesy of Governor Corbett, the insurance industry has realized a prize it has sought for decades: the abolition of Pennsylvania’s “joint and several” liability. Misleadingly titled “Fair Share" liability reform, this new legislation will severely restrict the rights of injured Pennsylvanians. It applies to all manner of personal injury lawsuits. Medical malpractice actions, products liability [...]
If your business was able to win 90 per cent of its lawsuits, you'd be hard-pressed to argue that the justice system was stacked against you. But that is exactly what the insurance industry wants you to think when it comes to medical malpractice lawsuits. Outside of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, doctors win more than ninety percent of [...]
