By November 2009, there were at least 15 trial court decisions addressing the issue, all of which had ruled, or suggested they would rule, in favor of keeping these claims together under one caption to proceed to a jury trial in a consolidated fashion.Concisely, these initial decisions were handed down in Lackawanna, Luzerne, Pike, Lehigh, Dauphin, Beaver, Allegheny and Philadelphia counties.Among those judges who were the first to hand down opinions on this issue were Lackawanna… [read post]

Dowling of the Dauphine County, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas issued opinions in the early 1980s that referred to the Rolling Stones and Johnny Cash. [read post]

By way of background, the Dauphin County trial court ruled in Barrick that these types of communications were indeed discoverable, particularly where an in camera review by the court of the written communications by the plaintiff's counsel with the plaintiff's medical expert confirmed that this contact from the attorney could have, in the words of the trial court judge, "materially impacted" the expert's formulation of his opinion. [read post]

Gibbons of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas was faced with the issue whether two junior college students who were injured at a preseason football practice were barred from recovering against the college because both signed waivers of liability prior to their injuries.In his opinion, Gibbons noted that, while Pennsylvania courts have upheld exculpatory releases for skiing, white water rafting, weight lifting, skating, and motorcycling, among… [read post]

WILLIAM HOWARD WILGUS, APPELLEE Appeal from the Order entered May 27, 2008 In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County Criminal Division at No. [read post]