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SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Washington, DC Case Summary Wood v. D.C. Dep’t of Consumer & Regul. Affairs District of Columbia Court of Appeals 293 A.3d 163 Decided: March 23, 2023 A dated certificate of service, by itself, is not conclusive of proper service when the evidence shows the certificate contains some fault. Background The Department of… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Virginia Case Summary 110 S. Perry LLC v. Auto-Owners Ins. Co. The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia No. 3:23-CV-175 Decided: September 28, 2023 Mutual insurance companies may be a “corporation” for diversity purposes according to the statute under which they are formed. Background Plaintiff, 110 South Perry,… read more

Rebecca Sember Izsak and G. Richard Murphy recently won an appeal filed with the Third Circuit Court of Appeals.  In a case of malicious prosecution against one of their clients, Rick won a dismissal at the trial court level, convincing the District Court that Plaintiff failed to make a prima facie showing that there was… read more

Thomas, Thomas & Hafer is pleased to announce that Briana C. Vetter recently passed the Pennsylvania Bar Exam and has accepted a position as an associate in TT&H’s Philadelphia office, where she will serve as a member of the general liability practice group.  Briana joined the firm as a law clerk in June of 2022…. read more

TT&H’s Katelynn Storm, an attorney in the firm’s Philadelphia office, authored “The Proliferation of Private Litigation Funding” for the Fall 2023 edition of PAMIC Pulse.  Katelynn’s article focuses on the rapid recent growth of private litigation funding in Pennsylvania and the country at large.  The basic idea behind private litigation funding is simple enough: an… read more