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What's Hot in Workers' Comp
What's Hot in Workers' Comp, Vol. 25, No. 5, May 2021
May 1, 2021
by Linda Wagner Farrell, Kiara K. Hartwell, and Francis X. Wickersham
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
The workers’ compensation insurance policy cancellation was not valid because a condition precedent had not been met, and promissory estoppel applied because the employer relied on the certificate of insurance.
May 1, 2021
by Linda Wagner Farrell
Legal Updates for Insurance Agents & Brokers
Absent Specific Request for Coverage That Might Apply to a Pandemic-Related Government Closure, Brokers Did Not Breach Their Duty
May 1, 2021
by Timothy G. Ventura
Legal Updates for Asbestos and Mass Tort Litigation
New Jersey Appellate Division Strikes Down $117M Verdict in Talc/Asbestos Case Because Trial Court Did Not Properly Assess Plaintiffs’ Expert Opinions
April 30, 2021
by Paul C. Johnson
COVID-19 and Telehealth: Issues for Florida Providers on the Horizon and Beyond
April 29, 2021
by Adam J. Fulginiti
Legal Updates for Insurance Services
Supreme Court of New Jersey Strikes Down “Step Down” Provision In Policy Issued to Automobile Dealership
April 21, 2021
by Todd J. Leon
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Special Workers' Compensation Alert - New Jersey
April 20, 2021
by Robert J. Fitzgerald
Understanding Florida’s Sweeping New Immunity Law for COVID-19 Claims
April 15, 2021
by Ryan D. Burns
Reinstating the Two-Year Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice Claims
April 15, 2021
by Alesia S. Sulock
NJ Supreme Court Confirms Scope and Application of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act
April 14, 2021
by Michelle N. Michael
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
Special Workers' Compensation Alert - New Jersey
April 13, 2021
by Kristy Olivo Salvitti
Case Law Alerts
A General Contractor Does Not Owe a Duty of Care to Protect Against Harm to Subcontractor's Employee Where General Contractor Does Not Retain Any Control Over the Mabber and Means of the Work
April 1, 2021
What's Hot in Workers' Comp
What's Hot in Workers' Comp - News and Results*
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
Defendants/third-party plaintiffs filing tort claims against public entities must serve a notice of claim within 90 days of the date on which the cause of action accrues.
April 1, 2021
by Ashley L. Toth
Case Law Alerts
After nine years, whistleblower lawsuit settles.
April 1, 2021
by Ashley L. Toth
Case Law Alerts
Defamation Claim Found Not to be Part of Arbitration Agreement in Youth Soccer
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
Florida Court Upholds Summary Judgment for High School Based on a Pre-Game Release to Play Soccer
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
Efforts to Avoid Arbitration for a Minor’s Injuries Did Not Succeed Even Though the Minor Signed His Own Waiver
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
The open and obvious doctrine and whether the defendant breached its duty to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition.
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
As a matter of first impression, a licensed retail store owns a terminal-printed lottery ticket as soon as it was printed, regardless of whether it was mistakenly printed and remained unsold to any customer.
April 1, 2021
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
Court held a defendant-contractor owed duty of care to plaintiff, a third party, based on Restatement (Second) of Torts §§ 324A and 383, and this duty extends to reasonably foreseeable risks arising from the performance of contractual obligations.
April 1, 2021
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
An indemnification provision in a release is valid and enforceable against the spouse who actually signed the release.
April 1, 2021
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rules that liability expert’s reports produced by a non-moving party in response to a motion for summary judgment must be considered in a light most favorable to the non-moving party.
April 1, 2021
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
Net-Opinion Rule Barred Opinion of Nurse Expert as to the Standard of Care for Protection of Patients in Assisted-Living Facility Where the Expert Had No Experience in that Environment
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
Appellate Division affirms trial court’s decision that the mode-of-operation rule did not apply in the area of the grocery store where injury occurred.
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
In New Jersey, the Ongoing Storm Doctrine remains a fact-specific analysis rather than the former bright-line rule.
April 1, 2021
Case Law Alerts
The Recreational Use of Land and Water Act does not provide immunity from negligence to a licensee of a landowner when the licensee lacks possessory rights to the land and the public is charged for use of the land.
April 1, 2021
by Lauren E. Purcell
Case Law Alerts
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Upheld a Sieracki Unseaworthiness Finding
April 1, 2021
by Christopher J. DiCicco
Case Law Alerts
Courts clarify disclosure of prior medical records.
April 1, 2021
by Adam C. Calvert
Case Law Alerts
District Court recognizes reporting of employer’s alleged illegal actions to co-worker are insufficient to establish the third element of a CEPA claim.
April 1, 2021
by Michelle N. Michael

Thought Leadership

What's Hot in Workers' Comp, Vol. 25, No. 5, May 2021

The workers’ compensation insurance policy cancellation was not valid because a condition precedent had not been met, and promissory estoppel applied because the employer relied on the certificate of insurance.

Absent Specific Request for Coverage That Might Apply to a Pandemic-Related Government Closure, Brokers Did Not Breach Their Duty

New Jersey Appellate Division Strikes Down $117M Verdict in Talc/Asbestos Case Because Trial Court Did Not Properly Assess Plaintiffs’ Expert Opinions

COVID-19 and Telehealth: Issues for Florida Providers on the Horizon and Beyond

Supreme Court of New Jersey Strikes Down “Step Down” Provision In Policy Issued to Automobile Dealership

Special Workers' Compensation Alert - New Jersey

Understanding Florida’s Sweeping New Immunity Law for COVID-19 Claims

Reinstating the Two-Year Statute of Limitations for Legal Malpractice Claims

NJ Supreme Court Confirms Scope and Application of Pregnant Workers Fairness Act

Special Workers' Compensation Alert - New Jersey

A General Contractor Does Not Owe a Duty of Care to Protect Against Harm to Subcontractor's Employee Where General Contractor Does Not Retain Any Control Over the Mabber and Means of the Work

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

Defendants/third-party plaintiffs filing tort claims against public entities must serve a notice of claim within 90 days of the date on which the cause of action accrues.

After nine years, whistleblower lawsuit settles.

Defamation Claim Found Not to be Part of Arbitration Agreement in Youth Soccer

Florida Court Upholds Summary Judgment for High School Based on a Pre-Game Release to Play Soccer

Efforts to Avoid Arbitration for a Minor’s Injuries Did Not Succeed Even Though the Minor Signed His Own Waiver

The open and obvious doctrine and whether the defendant breached its duty to maintain the premises in a reasonably safe condition.

As a matter of first impression, a licensed retail store owns a terminal-printed lottery ticket as soon as it was printed, regardless of whether it was mistakenly printed and remained unsold to any customer.

Court held a defendant-contractor owed duty of care to plaintiff, a third party, based on Restatement (Second) of Torts §§ 324A and 383, and this duty extends to reasonably foreseeable risks arising from the performance of contractual obligations.

An indemnification provision in a release is valid and enforceable against the spouse who actually signed the release.

The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania rules that liability expert’s reports produced by a non-moving party in response to a motion for summary judgment must be considered in a light most favorable to the non-moving party.

Net-Opinion Rule Barred Opinion of Nurse Expert as to the Standard of Care for Protection of Patients in Assisted-Living Facility Where the Expert Had No Experience in that Environment

Appellate Division affirms trial court’s decision that the mode-of-operation rule did not apply in the area of the grocery store where injury occurred.

In New Jersey, the Ongoing Storm Doctrine remains a fact-specific analysis rather than the former bright-line rule.

The Recreational Use of Land and Water Act does not provide immunity from negligence to a licensee of a landowner when the licensee lacks possessory rights to the land and the public is charged for use of the land.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Upheld a Sieracki Unseaworthiness Finding

Courts clarify disclosure of prior medical records.

District Court recognizes reporting of employer’s alleged illegal actions to co-worker are insufficient to establish the third element of a CEPA claim.

Firm Highlights

Voluntary Dismissal Obtained in New York Legal Malpractice Matter

Successfully Prosecuted Workers’ Compensation Termination Petition

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

Dismissal Obtained in New Jersey Realtor Liability Case

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

Best Lawyers in America Recognition

Favorable Verdict Obtained in Palm Beach County Property Damage Case

Ethical Remote Practice of Law in a Post-Pandemic World

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