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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Jack Lehr Electric v. Unemployment Comp. Bd. of Review Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania No. 913 C.D. 2020 Decided: June 8, 2021 In a published opinion, the Commonwealth Court held that an employee that tested positive for marijuana was eligible for unemployment benefits because he had acquired a medical marijuana… read more

Attorney Jonathan Danko recently won judgment on the pleadings in a personal injury action involving two commercial vehicles.  The Plaintiff, who was driving a commercial motor vehicle on a highway, claimed injuries following a collision between his vehicle and a tractor-trailer that entered the highway from an on-ramp.  Jonathan’s client was not directly involved in… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES FEDERAL CASE SUMMARY Pyle v. Otis Elevator Co. Third Circuit Court of Appeals 2021 U.S. app. LEXIS 10501 Decided: April 13, 2021 The doctrine of res ipsa loquitur does not apply where there exists the possibility of a non-negligent cause of the plaintiff’s injury. Background Plaintiff worked as an emergency room technician… read more

On June 1, 2021, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the dismissal of a negligence action against Rebecca and Brook’s client.  The suit claimed that Plaintiff was injured after tripping over a flatbed cart being used for strawberries.  After getting Plaintiff to admit at deposition that he knew of the cart’s presence, and even smelled the… read more

The District of Columbia City Council recently passed the Vulnerable User Collision Recovery Amendment Act of 2020.  The Vulnerable User Collision Recovery Act previously adopted the comparative negligence doctrine for roadway collisions between an automobile and a pedestrian, bicyclist or one using some other non-motorized transportation device.  The law allowed recovery for such individuals, so… read more