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  Attorney Mike Bliley recently prevailed on a workers’ compensation case before the Virginia Court of Appeals.  The matter involved an extensive appellate history, having passed through the Court of Appeals once before, only to return falling a remand from the Virginia Supreme Court, who issued a decision in October 2020. The Supreme Court reinstated… read more

Representing a general contractor sued in the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, TT&H Attorneys James Dodd-o and Voula Mamounas recently won summary judgment.  The suit was filed by a demolition worker who claimed injuries after being struck by a loose brick that fell from an elevation above where he was working.  The Plaintiff was… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES FEDERAL CASE SUMMARY Darrup v. Wal-Mart Stores East, L.P. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania No. 2:20-CV-05450 Decided: February 18, 2021 In Federal District Court, a motion to transfer venue to another district will be granted where there are no contacts with the current forum. Background Plaintiff Darrup… read more

On April 13, 2021, the Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the dismissal of a personal injury suit.  The suit was initiated against a deceased person “in care of surviving spouse.”  Although Plaintiffs filed their suit within the applicable statute of limitations, they did so before the estate of the deceased defendant had been raised.  The estate… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PENNSYLVANIA CASE LAW UPDATE Malecki v. WCAB (Franklin Regional Sch. Dist.) 582 C.D. 2020 Filed March 26, 2021, 2021 WL 1157693 (unreported, Pa. Commw. 2021) The causation element of an original claim petition may be established even in the absence of unequivocal medical evidence if the causal connection between employment, injury, and… read more