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...
Glen Shikunov to Present “Unraveling the Complexities of UM and UIM Stacking” CLE Seminar
On June 29, 2023, the Federal Bar Association is scheduled to present a CLE seminar to the national audience concerning the various complexities of uninsured and underinsured “stacking” concepts, pitfalls and practice pointers from the point of view of both the...
ChatGPT in the Legal World: Friend or Foe?
On November 30, 2022, OpenAI released an artificial intelligence chatbot called ChatGPT, which quickly sparked controversy throughout the legal industry concerning its capabilities in the legal arena. Some panicked that ChatGPT may eventually replace the need for...