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On September 29, 2020, Scott McCarroll and Amanda Hennessey (Harrisburg office), won the dismissal of a negligence case filed in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.  The Plaintiff’s action sought recovery for property damage sustained as a result of a delivery of heating oil to a home that had not… read more

MARYLAND CLIENT ADVISORY Effective October 1, judgment creditors can no longer seek license suspension though the Motor Vehicle Administration. Effective October 1, 2020, under Chapter law 149, Sections 17-204 to 17-207 of the Transportation Article are repealed.  Previously, these sections of the Transportation Article permitted a judgment creditor to request the Motor Vehicle Administration to… read more

MARYLAND CLIENT ADVISORY In its last opinion of the 2019 term, Maryland’s Court of Appeals, in a 4-3 decision, overruled its prior case law on expert testimony and formally adopted the Daubert reliability factors for all expert testimony. See Rochkind v. Stevenson, No. 47, September Term, 2019. Maryland now joins the super-majority of jurisdictions who… read more

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP is proud to announce that it has elevated Caroline E. Gentilcore to the position of partner.  Caroline is an attorney in the Firm’s Philadelphia office, where she exclusively defends workers’ compensation claims on behalf of employers and insurers in southeast Pennsylvania and throughout New Jersey.  You can view Caroline’s profile… read more

In September of this year, Attorney Lauren Upton of our Baltimore office won summary judgment in a matter filed against a Virginia construction company and two of its employees.  The Plaintiff was riding a motorcycle from D.C. to his home in Maryland when he was involved in an accident with a vehicle that fled the… read more