Superior Court Confirms Re-Denial of Coverage Unnecessary Absent New or Novel Information In a recent slip opinion in Jill Sherwood v. Erie Insurance Exchange, No. 17 WDA 2025, 2025 WL 3241349 (Pa. Super. 2025) the Pennsylvania Superior Court considered whether an...
Infrequent and Restricted Use of a Company Vehicle Does Not Trigger Regular Use
In a growing progression of cases analyzing the “Regular Use” exclusion in auto insurance policies, the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in All State Fire and Casualty Insurance Company v. Tomasic, Civil Action No. 2:25-CV-418, 2025 WL 3165663...
Insurance Exchanges versus Mutual Insurance Company Analysis on Citizenship
When your out-of-state insurer-client is sued in state court, you may be tempted remove to federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 1332. Yet even if your insurer-client is incorporated and headquartered out-of-state, determining whether you may remove the suit to federal...
Has a Local Prothonotary Rejected Your Filing in Pennsylvania? Read This.
It has happened to every litigator practicing in the Pennsylvania Courts of Common Pleas. You have worked overnight to complete a brief or pleading before the filing deadline, you have just obtained your client’s approval to file, and then you file with a local county...
Trial or Arbitration Date? No Longer Good Cause, and Now Exceptional Circumstances
In Kronfeld v. Malone, No. A-2044-23, (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div., October 1, 2025), the Appellate Court was tasked with determining the appropriate legal standard to apply when ruling on motions to extend discovery in cases where a trial or arbitration date has...
Season 2, Ep. 5: Owning the Room as Women Litigators
In our most recent episode, we have the pleasure of hearing from three accomplished women litigators who get candid about the micro- and macro-moves that let you own the room. This podcast episode brings together Susan Keesler (Partner at McCormick & Priore and...
Cutting Corners: A Hospital’s Responsibility for Its Doctors
On July 10, 2025, in a reported and precedential decision, the Pennsylvania Superior Court upheld a $182 million verdict against a corporate medical provider based purely on vicarious liability in Hagans v. Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania et al. In Hagans,...
Clearly Visible, Legally Vulnerable: Why ‘Obvious Risks’ Didn’t Shield Target’s Supplier from Suit
In a recent decision, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania denied a motion for summary judgment filed by Ideal Shield LLC (“Ideal Shield”), a manufacturer of sign components used in a Target parking lot. The Court held that Ideal...
An Undisputably Authentic Dismissal
On June 16, 2025, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted the defendant’s Motion to Dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) in Williams v. W.M. Barr & Co., 2025 U.S. Dist. Lexis 114387, 2025 WL 1689388 (E.D. Pa. June 16, 2025). In a...