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November 02, 2019
eNotes: Liability – November 2019
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PENNSYLVANIA CASE SUMMARIES Barnard v. The Travelers Home & Marine Ins. Co. Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 42 EAP 2018 Decided: September 26, 2019 New stacking waivers are required whenever an insured increases the UM or UIM coverage on an existing auto policy. Background In September 2007, Barnard purchased automobile insurance from Travelers… read more
October 25, 2019
Thomas, Thomas & Hafer LLP opening a Virginia office.
Thomas, Thomas & Hafer LLP (“TTH”) is proud to announce that it will open an office in Virginia in January 2020. The office will be located at 10555 Main Street, Fairfax, Virginia. This location is in close proximity to the Circuit Court for Fairfax County, which is home to the highest volume of litigation in… read more
October 21, 2019
Ben Peoples appointed Secretary of the DC Defense Lawyers Association.
Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP (“TT&H”) is proud to announce that Charles “Ben” Peoples has been appointed the Secretary of the DC Defense Lawyers Association for its 2019-2021 term. For over 30 years, the DC Defense Lawyers Association has been the premier organization for defense lawyers in the District of Columbia. Over 100 lawyers from… read more
October 15, 2019
TT&H Attorney Rebecca Sember Izsak wins defense verdict in negligence action claiming closed head injury.
Attorney Rebecca Sember Izsak recently won a defense verdict following a jury trial in Mercer County. Plaintiff claimed that she slipped and fell on a thick and dirty isolated patch of snow and ice as she stepped out of her car at a gasoline pump. Plaintiff claimed a closed head injury in connection with the… read more
October 04, 2019
TT&H Attorneys Scott McCarroll and Matthew Clayberger win summary judgment in death case arising from a prisoner’s suicide.
On September 30, 2019, Attorneys Scott McCarroll and Matthew Clayberger won summary judgment for four correctional officers and a nurse. The action was filed after a prisoner committed suicide during his incarceration. The wife of the prisoner filed suit claiming that the correctional officers were recklessly indifferent to the prisoner’s particular vulnerability to suicide. She… read more