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9 Mar 2020, 6:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
The competition will be next Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 6:00 PM the Lackawanna County Courthouse.You can help make the event a success. [read post]
5 Mar 2020, 6:57 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
The competition will be next Wednesday, March 11, 2020 at 6:00 PM the Lackawanna County Courthouse.You can help make the event a success. [read post]
25 Feb 2020, 12:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas had issued a similar decision in the case of Palmiter v. [read post]
24 Feb 2020, 5:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
District Finals of the Mock Trial CompetitionWednesday, February 26, 20206:00 pmVOLUNTEERS NEED TO SERVE AS JURORSPlease contact Katie Nealon, Esq.knealon@munley.comorRyan Campbell, Esq.hrlaw04@gmail.com [read post]
20 Feb 2020, 2:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
District Finals of the Mock Trial CompetitionWednesday, February 26, 20206:00 pmVOLUNTEERS NEED TO SERVE AS JURORSPlease contact Katie Nealon, Esq.knealon@munley.comorRyan Campbell, Esq.hrlaw04@gmail.com [read post]
18 Feb 2020, 5:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Super. 2009), continued the trend of decisions in Lackawanna County allowing Plaintiffs in that county to generally plead allegations of recklessness in any personal injury case.The Wolff case involved an intersectional motor vehicle accident involving personal vehicles in which the Plaintiff alleged that the Defendant-driver ran a red light and failed to keep a proper lookout. [read post]
13 Feb 2020, 5:30 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
As noted in the case below, a plaintiff's ability to recover in a premises liability case may turn on whether that plaintiff is deemed to be a business inviteee, licensee, or a trespasser.In the case of Giles v. [read post]
10 Feb 2020, 7:30 am by Denise Elliott
  In late November, as an early Christmas gift to employees, Judge Nealon of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, held that a medical marijuana patient could proceed with her lawsuit alleging discriminatory discharge by her former employer. [read post]
5 Feb 2020, 2:17 pm by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
The Final FourLACKAWANNACOUNTYMock Trial CompetitionSemi-FinalTuesday, February 11, 20206:00 PMPlease Consider Serving as a JurorContactKatie Nealonknealon@munley.comorRyan Campbellhrlaw04@gmail.com [read post]
3 Feb 2020, 7:20 pm by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
  Judge Gibbons also found that the court found that the contacts that the health system had with the subject hospital were not random or fortuitous.Overall, the court found that, although the health system had a principal place of business in Tennessee and was incorporated in Delaware, the case was properly filed in Lackawanna County where the Plaintiffs’ claims arose from actions that occurred at the Regional Hospital located in Scranton, Lackawanna… [read post]
2 Feb 2020, 1:00 pm by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Last week, approximately only 25 out of the 700 lawyers who practice in Lackawanna County Pennsylvania volunteered to come out and serve as jurors and judges for the local High School Mock Trial Competition.This meant that there was only a smattering of about 4 jurors in the large jury boxes in each of the 6 or so mock trials that took place.The students in this competition work hours on end to craft their case, prepare their witnesses, and attempt to prepare the best presentation… [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 11:00 pm by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
.), Judge Margie Bisignani-Moyle of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas addressed a defendant carrier's motion to bifurcate a trial.In this case, the defendant carrier was asserting as a defense in this breach of contract UM claim that there was no coverage due to the Plaintiff because the Plaintiff was not a resident of the insured's household at the time of the accident. [read post]
6 Jan 2020, 2:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Should a Defendant physician in a medical malpractice case be required to answer questions regarding the standard of care applicable to the treatment she or he provided? [read post]
31 Dec 2019, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
., will be Of Counsel to the firm.Our cases will mainly be in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Wayne, and Monroe Counties. [read post]
30 Dec 2019, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas addressed the issue of whether the Medical Marijuana Act creates an implied private cause of action or a medical assistant who was terminated by her health care employers for prescribed use of medical marijuana while not working in her place of employment. [read post]
23 Dec 2019, 4:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Commonwealth Health Systems regarding the validity of a Plaintiff's employment discrimination lawsuit after she was fired for testing positive for marijuana use even though she advised the employer that she was an authorized user of medical marijuana:Medical Marijuana Trend Means Growing Discrimination ExposuresbyJudy GreenwaldDecember 10, 2019A growing number of workers and job applicants are successfully suing businesses for discrimination after they terminate or fail to hire them… [read post]
12 Dec 2019, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
Here is a LINK to a complimentary copy of the 138 page Tort Talk 2019 Civil Litigation Update booklet that I created for use at the recent Luzerne Bench Bar Conference as well as for the Lackawanna County Bench Bar Conference. [read post]