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“I don’t know. I just ‘work’ ‘here’.”
In a pair of recent cases, the Second Department considered what “work” is “ancillary” to activity falling under the purview of Labor Law § 240(1). By way of background, Labor Law § 240(1), also known notoriously as “The Scaffold Law,” protects workers from...
Fourth Department Highlights Departments’ Split on 12 NYCRR § 23-4.2(k)
In a recent decision The Fourth Department reversed a Supreme Court Order, holding that Industrial Code provision 12 NYCRR § 23-4.2(k) is not sufficiently specific to support a Labor Law § 241(6) cause of action. We note, Labor Law § 241(6) claims are required to be...
Kylie Griffith Joins McCormick & Priore, P.C. as an Associate Attorney in the Plymouth Meeting Office
Kylie Griffith joins McCormick & Priore, P.C. as an associate attorney in the Plymouth Meeting Office. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Griffith served as a law clerk to the Honorable Michael E. Erdos in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania where she was responsible...
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Statute of Limitations in UM/UIM Claims
Before 2017, the question of when the statute of limitations accrued for uninsured motorist (“UM”) and underinsured motorist (“UIM”) claims was relatively straightforward: UM/UIM claims accrued when either the insured sustained bodily injury in an accident and knew of...
Pennsylvania Superior Court Rejects Availability of Attorneys’ Fees in First Party Medical Benefits Cases Involving Peer Reviews
In a recent decision in Turnpaugh Chiropractic Health & Wellness Ctr., P.C. v. Erie Ins. Exch., 2023 PA Super 99 (June 8, 2023), the Superior Court of Pennsylvania considered, among other things, whether the Pennsylvania Motor Vehicle Financial Responsibility Laws...
Support Philly Girls Baseball!
Word is spreading about Philly Girls Baseball, Philadelphia’s fantastic all-girls baseball team that our own Conrad Benedetto’s daughter, Noemi (11), is proud to be playing for! They recently won a tournament and they will soon be playing in Elizabethtown, KY at the...
Federal Court Refuses to Strike Regular Use Exclusion in Liability Policies
As was the case in Gallagher v. GEICO Indem. Co., 201. A.3d 131 (Pa. 2019), the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s decision in Rush v. Erie Insurance Exchange, 265 A.3d 794 (Pa. Super. 2021) has spawned legal uncertainty and questions about the application of the decision....
If it’s Broken, Fix it: Expanding the Scope of Contractor’s Liability to Third Persons for All Defects, Patent or Latent
Recently, in Brown v. City of Oil City, 294 A.3d 413 (2023), the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania was asked to determine whether Section 385 of the Restatement (Second) of Torts imposes liability on a contractor to a third party whenever the contractor creates a...
