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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 Newspapers Inc.), No. 977 C.D. 2019 (February 7, 2020) Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania (Unpublished) By: Timothy R. Kraeer The Commonwealth Court addressed the burden of proof in the context of a Reinstatement Petition alleging a worsening of condition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

TT&H LAWYERS IN COURT TT&H Attorney Christopher Gallagher wins dismissal of civil rights suit. Chris Gallagher, an attorney in TT&H’s Philadelphia office, recently won the dismissal of a federal civil rights lawsuit filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Plaintiff brought the action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983,… read more