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Justice Baer Calls for Harsher Discipline for Repeat Offenders
/ 03.Apr, 2014On Monday, the Supreme Court adopted the recommendation of the Disciplinary Board, and suspended attorney Thomas Russel Quinn of Philadelphia for a period of one . . .
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Split on Whether Physical Manifestations of Emotional Distress Qualifies as Bodily Injury for Insurance Purposes
/ 05.Mar, 2014Pennsylvania Supreme Court Split on Whether Physical Manifestations of Emotional Distress Qualifies as Bodily Injury for Insurance Purposes Whether a claimant’s physical symptoms associated with . . .
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Judge Nocella now Suspended Without Pay
/ 26.Jun, 2013We have previously written about Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Thomas M. Nocella, who is facing disciplinary proceedings for allegedly, among other things, misrepresenting . . .
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Discussion of Barrick Arguments
/ 10.Apr, 2013A recent Law360 article (subscription required) includes analysis by Swartz Campbell partner, Josh J.T. Byrne of the Barrick v. Holy Spirit decision and what might happen . . .
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Judicial Conduct in the News
/ 12.Mar, 2013Pennsylvania has had more than its share of judicial conduct issues in the news over the last several months. From the top (conviction of Supreme . . .
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New Questions About the Pennsylvania Supreme Court
/ 04.Mar, 2013An article in the Philadelphia Inquirer over the weekend raised questions about whether Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Seamus McCaffery should have disclosed referral fees received . . .
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Blows to Bailey
/ 23.Jan, 2013There has long been a debate over the extent to which the seminal criminal malpractice case in Pennsylvania, Bailey v. Tucker, 533 Pa. 237, 621 . . .
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Extends Corporate Negligence to Nursing Homes
/ 04.Dec, 2012A unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court has affirmed the extension of the corporate negligence doctrine beyond hospitals to nursing homes. Nearly a full year after it was . . .
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Judge Nocella
/ 13.Nov, 2012In a predictable move, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has suspended Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Thomas Nocella. We had recently written about the disciplinary charges against him. . . .
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A Reasonable Break
/ 01.Oct, 2012In March 2011, we posted on the plight of counsel in Newman Development Group v. Genuardi’s, 744 EDA 2010 (Pa. Super. 2010). The Superior Court . . .
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