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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Joanne DeSue v. Bank of America (WCAB) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 151 C.D. 2021 Decided: April 21, 2022 An expert who disputed the existence of a work-related injury, which was deemed admitted and accepted by operation of law due to an untimely filed Answer, was incompetent to testify… read more

On May 13, 2022, TT&H Attorney Dan Grill won a defense verdict following a 3-day trial in the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas. The case concerned allegations of dental negligence. The claim involved extraction of tooth #29, in the lower right mandible. An implant had been planned at the same location. After the tooth… read more

TT&H Attorneys Jim Tinnyo and John Morgan recently won a Review Petition and Termination Petition in Reading, Pennsylvania, with the Court concluding that the extent of Claimant’s injury was a strain/contusion, rather than the originally-accepted rotator cuff tear, and that Claimant had fully recovered. This claim involved a Claimant in his 80’s who fell at… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Mwambu v. Monroeville Volunteer Fire Co. Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court No. 1128 CD 2020 Decided: March 14, 2022 Court affirms Trial Court Order compelling Defendant to produce claim notes, finding that the attorney-client privilege and protections afforded by Rule 4003.3 did not apply. Background Plaintiff filed a negligence action against… read more

In recent months, two physicians represented by TT&H Attorney Matt Ridley had their licenses to practice reinstated by the Pennsylvania Board of Medicine. One of the two physicians had been on probationary status for six years after being disciplined in the State of New York, while the other had been indefinitely suspended from practicing since… read more