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CLIENT ADVISORY MARYLAND CLIENT ADVISORY Effective October 1, 2020, HB 108 increases a condominium unit owners’ deductible from $5,000 to $10,000 when the cause of damage originates in a specific unit. Recent amendments to the Real Property code will double the responsibility of individual unit owners when the cause of damage to the condominium originates… read more

FIRM NEWS TT&H is available to advise and assist insurers in the handling of COVID-19 claims. As COVID-19 continues to impact our daily lives, TT&H is aware that insurers are beginning to receive claims relating to the disease, whether for business interruption, liability coverage, workers’ compensation or otherwise. As always, insurers confronted with such claims… read more

FIRM NEWS TT&H is available to advise and assist insurers in the handling of COVID-19 claims. As COVID-19 continues to impact our daily lives, TT&H is aware that insurers are beginning to receive claims relating to the disease, whether for business interruption, liability coverage, workers’ compensation or otherwise.  As always, insurers confronted with such claims… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PENNSYLVANIA CASE SUMMARIES Dean v. Bowling Green-Brandywine Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 26 MAP 2019 Decided: February 19, 2020 In a malpractice action, the Mental Health Procedures Act’s qualified immunity does not apply to all physicians and facilities that treat patients with any history of mental illness. Background Plaintiffs’ decedent, with a history… read more

SIGNIFICANT PENNSYLVANIA CASE SUMMARIES Giffear v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd. (Phila. Newspapers Inc.), No. 977 C.D. 2019 (February 7, 2020) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (Unpublished) By: Timothy R. Kraeer The Commonwealth Court addressed the burden of proof in the context of a Reinstatement Petition alleging a worsening of condition following a prior decision by a… read more