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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Watson v. Brown Pennsylvania Superior Court No. 539 EDA 2024 Decided: February 7, 2025 Plaintiffs waived all claims of alleged Trial Court error on appeal where their Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) Statement of Errors was neither concise nor clear in its assertions. Background Plaintiffs Tammi Watson and Thomas Watson commenced a… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summary Jackiw v. Soft Pretzel Franchise No. 3 EAP 2024 Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Decided: January 22, 2025 Background The Claimant sustained a work injury necessitating the amputation of her right forearm, which the parties agreed was a specific loss entitling her to a healing period of up to 20… read more

TT&H is pleased to announce that Emily N. LaGreca has joined the firm’s workers’ compensation practice group in the Philadelphia office.  Emily is a graduate of the Widener University Commonwealth Law School.  While in law school, Emily served as the secretary of the Student Bar Association and secretary of the Business Law Society.  She was… read more

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer (“TT&H”) Attorneys Joseph Shields and Taryn Vender recently won the dismissal of a defamation action filed in the Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas.  Joseph J. Shields, a partner in TT&H’s Wilkes-Barre location, and Taryn M. Vender, an associate in that same office, represented a well-known, large national retailer in… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Bazzano v. Spade Pennsylvania Superior Court No. 99 WDA 2024 Decided: December 23, 2024 Trial Court did not err when it ruled that a guilty plea for criminal charges from the subject accident and two prior DUIs were inadmissible. Background While operating his vehicle, Defendant struck Frank Bazzano, a… read more