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TT&H attorneys Evan Jenkins and Lee Ann Rhodes prevailed on multiple petitions, most notably a Termination Petition, successfully arguing that the Claimant had fully recovered from a work-related concussion and traumatic brain injury. The Claimant used multiple medical expert witnesses, but the judge credited the Defendant’s neurologist, who had “superior” credentials. The judge also accepted… read more

TT&H’s Burke McLemore recently prevailed on appeal in a complex workers’ compensation coverage dispute.  The claim involved serious, permanent injuries to an employee of a cable installer. TT&H represented the carrier which had previously provided workers’ compensation coverage.  Carrier was alleged to have provided coverage for the cable installer, but carrier replied that coverage lapsed… read more

Pittsburgh Partner Rebecca Sember-Izsak has been elected to the Academy of Trial Lawyers of Allegheny County.  Membership in the Academy is exclusive and by invitation only.  Candidates must be nominated for consideration by another member of the Academy who is unaffiliated with the candidate.  Candidates then undergo a comprehensive application and interview process, and must… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Allegheny County v. Hailer Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court No. 1469 C.D. 2021 Decided: July 11, 2023 Autopsy and toxicology records, while generally exempt from public disclosure under the Right-to-Know Law (“RTKL”), may be accessed if the provisions of the RTKL conflict with federal or state law. Background Brittany Hailer and… read more

TT&H Attorneys Jim Pyrah and Sam Dunlop recently won summary judgment in a Monroe County slip and fall case.  The Plaintiff claimed that as a result of a slip and fall on snow and ice in Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, she suffered fractures of the left tibia and right shoulder, both requiring open reduction and internal fixation… read more