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What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Court reverses Appeal Board ruling on an entitlement to reinstate benefits as of date claimant returned LIBC-760 form to employer, as benefits were in suspension status because of a judge’s prior decision, not for claimant’s failure to return the form.
August 1, 2024
by Francis X. Wickersham
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
A workers’ compensation judge did not abuse his discretion in finding that decedent was in an ongoing employment relationship with defendant at the time of death and was not a borrowed servant at the time of his fatality.
August 1, 2024
by Francis X. Wickersham
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Delaware Superior Court reverses and remands Industrial Accident Board’s decision involving a Utilization Review appeal because it was unclear whether the Board had correctly applied the relevant Delaware Healthcare Practice Guidelines.
August 1, 2024
by Benjamin K. Durstein
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
First District Court finds that judge of compensation claims abused his discretion in rejecting terms of employment contract as the contract expressly provided claimant would receive his salary only during the five-month championship playing season.
August 1, 2024
by Linda Wagner Farrell
Legal Updates for Florida Coverage and Property Litigation
Because a party cannot create causes of action not set forth in Florida Rules of Court, motion to compel appraisal denied because no Florida court has jurisdiction over petition to select an appraiser and policy cannot confer that jurisdiction.
August 1, 2024
by Carolin A. Pacheco
Legal Updates for Insurance Agents & Brokers
Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers – Case Law Update
August 1, 2024
by Dana A. Gittleman
The Assessment of Professional Liability Claims in the U.S.
July 18, 2024
by Alesia S. Sulock
Insurance Agent Skorrs Victory in New Jersey’s Appellate Division
July 16, 2024
by Dana A. Gittleman and Jeremy J. Zacharias RPLU
'But I Could Have Gotten More!'—Damages Speculation in Legal Malpractice Cases
July 15, 2024
by Alesia S. Sulock and Josh J.T. Byrne
Case Law Alerts
Appellate Division Maintains Kind-for-Kind, Credential Equivalency Requirement Under Affidavit of Merit Statute
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
Federal District Court Dismissed Plaintiff’s Claims for Negligent Hiring, Training, Retention, Supervision, and Entrustment
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
Federal Court Holds There Is No Jurisdiction Over Amazon Logistics for Contracting With an Ohio Trucking Company that Was Involved in a Serious Accident in the State of Texas
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
Supreme Court of New Jersey Holds that a Low-Speed Electric Scooter Does Not Qualify Its User as a “Pedestrian” for the Purposes of the No-Fault Law
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
Southern District of Florida Punitively Enforces Discovery Schedule Against Insurance Company in an Uninsured Motorist Action
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
Superior Court of Connecticut Granted Summary Judgment in Negligent Entrustment Action Where Plaintiff Sought to Sustain Their Entrustment Charge Via Constructive Notice
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
First District Affirms Trial Court Order Granting Underinsured Motorist Insurer’s Motion to Set-Off Damages Awarded to Insured by a Tortfeasor’s Liability Policy Limits
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
Fourth District Reverses Trial Court Ruling Granting Summary Judgment Where Supporting Factual Position Was Not Filed at Least Forty Days Prior To Hearing
July 1, 2024
Case Law Alerts
Third District Reverses Trial Court Ruling That Policy’s Fire Endorsement Incorporated Physical Damage Provision
July 1, 2024
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp - News and Results*
July 1, 2024
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Appellate Division affirmed dismissal of worker’s compensation claim for lack of compensability.
July 1, 2024
by Kiara K. Hartwell
Case Law Alerts
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Held that When Plaintiff Fails to Meet the Burden of Demonstrating Good Faith Effort in Diligently and Timely Serving Process, then Actual Notice of the Lawsuit Is Irrelevant
July 1, 2024
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
Superior Court of Pennsylvania Held that Landowner Was Not Relieved of Its Duty of Care for Open and Obvious Dangers When It Should Have Expected a Business Invitee to Be Distracted
July 1, 2024
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
Where the Risks of Walking on Snow and Ice Conditions Was Voluntarily Assumed, Summary Judgment Not Warranted Under the Hills and Ridges or Assumption of Risk Doctrines
July 1, 2024
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
Relying Upon Pennsylvania Law, the Federal Court Held that Maintenance Company Owed No Duty of Care to Injured Plaintiff
July 1, 2024
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
Middle District Upholds Regular Use Exclusion in the Wake of Rush and Takes One Step Further
July 1, 2024
by Christopher W. Woodward
Case Law Alerts
Fourth District Court of Appeal Reversed and Remanded a Final Judgment in Favor of the Insureds Where Prompt Notice Was Not Provided
July 1, 2024
Legal Updates for Florida Coverage and Property Litigation
Third District Court reversed and remanded order granting insured’s motion for summary judgment based on insured’s failure to comply with policy conditions.
July 1, 2024
Legal Updates for Florida Coverage and Property Litigation
District Court finds that trial court’s order lacked specificity, stressing that when a party asserts privilege objections, the trial court must make specific findings to support the overruling of those objections.
July 1, 2024
by Corey K. Setterlund
Legal Updates for Florida Coverage and Property Litigation
Summary judgment ruling reversed for failure to comply with timing requirements of Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(b).
July 1, 2024
Legal Updates for Florida Coverage and Property Litigation
A preferred contractor endorsement in a homeowners policy applies to the contractor hired by the insured.
July 1, 2024
by Michael A. Packer

Thought Leadership

Court reverses Appeal Board ruling on an entitlement to reinstate benefits as of date claimant returned LIBC-760 form to employer, as benefits were in suspension status because of a judge’s prior decision, not for claimant’s failure to return the form.

A workers’ compensation judge did not abuse his discretion in finding that decedent was in an ongoing employment relationship with defendant at the time of death and was not a borrowed servant at the time of his fatality.

Delaware Superior Court reverses and remands Industrial Accident Board’s decision involving a Utilization Review appeal because it was unclear whether the Board had correctly applied the relevant Delaware Healthcare Practice Guidelines.

First District Court finds that judge of compensation claims abused his discretion in rejecting terms of employment contract as the contract expressly provided claimant would receive his salary only during the five-month championship playing season.

Because a party cannot create causes of action not set forth in Florida Rules of Court, motion to compel appraisal denied because no Florida court has jurisdiction over petition to select an appraiser and policy cannot confer that jurisdiction.

Legal Update for Insurance Agents & Brokers – Case Law Update

The Assessment of Professional Liability Claims in the U.S.

Insurance Agent Skorrs Victory in New Jersey’s Appellate Division

'But I Could Have Gotten More!'—Damages Speculation in Legal Malpractice Cases

Appellate Division Maintains Kind-for-Kind, Credential Equivalency Requirement Under Affidavit of Merit Statute

Federal District Court Dismissed Plaintiff’s Claims for Negligent Hiring, Training, Retention, Supervision, and Entrustment

Federal Court Holds There Is No Jurisdiction Over Amazon Logistics for Contracting With an Ohio Trucking Company that Was Involved in a Serious Accident in the State of Texas

Supreme Court of New Jersey Holds that a Low-Speed Electric Scooter Does Not Qualify Its User as a “Pedestrian” for the Purposes of the No-Fault Law

Southern District of Florida Punitively Enforces Discovery Schedule Against Insurance Company in an Uninsured Motorist Action

Superior Court of Connecticut Granted Summary Judgment in Negligent Entrustment Action Where Plaintiff Sought to Sustain Their Entrustment Charge Via Constructive Notice

First District Affirms Trial Court Order Granting Underinsured Motorist Insurer’s Motion to Set-Off Damages Awarded to Insured by a Tortfeasor’s Liability Policy Limits

Fourth District Reverses Trial Court Ruling Granting Summary Judgment Where Supporting Factual Position Was Not Filed at Least Forty Days Prior To Hearing

Third District Reverses Trial Court Ruling That Policy’s Fire Endorsement Incorporated Physical Damage Provision

What’s Hot in Workers’ Comp - News and Results*

Appellate Division affirmed dismissal of worker’s compensation claim for lack of compensability.

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Held that When Plaintiff Fails to Meet the Burden of Demonstrating Good Faith Effort in Diligently and Timely Serving Process, then Actual Notice of the Lawsuit Is Irrelevant

Superior Court of Pennsylvania Held that Landowner Was Not Relieved of Its Duty of Care for Open and Obvious Dangers When It Should Have Expected a Business Invitee to Be Distracted

Where the Risks of Walking on Snow and Ice Conditions Was Voluntarily Assumed, Summary Judgment Not Warranted Under the Hills and Ridges or Assumption of Risk Doctrines

Relying Upon Pennsylvania Law, the Federal Court Held that Maintenance Company Owed No Duty of Care to Injured Plaintiff

Middle District Upholds Regular Use Exclusion in the Wake of Rush and Takes One Step Further

Fourth District Court of Appeal Reversed and Remanded a Final Judgment in Favor of the Insureds Where Prompt Notice Was Not Provided

Third District Court reversed and remanded order granting insured’s motion for summary judgment based on insured’s failure to comply with policy conditions.

District Court finds that trial court’s order lacked specificity, stressing that when a party asserts privilege objections, the trial court must make specific findings to support the overruling of those objections.

Summary judgment ruling reversed for failure to comply with timing requirements of Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.510(b).

A preferred contractor endorsement in a homeowners policy applies to the contractor hired by the insured.

Firm Highlights

Pennsylvania Superior Court Reaffirms Liberal Pleading Standard in Medical Malpractice Actions

Ellen C. Bodenmiller Joins Marshall Dennehey’s Tampa Office as Special Counsel in the Casualty Department

Voluntary Dismissal Obtained in New York Legal Malpractice Matter

Ethical Remote Practice of Law in a Post-Pandemic World

Jason Banonis Named Attorney of the Year by the Pennsylvania Defense Institute

106 Marshall Dennehey Attorneys Recognized in the 2027 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and the Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America

Best Lawyers in America Recognition

Dismissal Obtained in New Jersey Realtor Liability Case

Successfully Prosecuted Workers’ Compensation Termination Petition

Favorable Verdict Obtained in Palm Beach County Property Damage Case