Pa. High Court to Eye Whether Workers’ Comp Immunity Shields Company Owner From Jobsite Injury Suit | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/07/24/pa-high-court-to-eye-whether-workers-comp-immunity-shields-company-owner-from-jobsite-injury-suit/ Pennsylvania Supreme Court justices. Courtesy photo NEWS The defendants warned that the Superior Court ruling “would expose thousands of small business owners, who choose to organize…

A Pennsylvania federal judge’s ruling—denying a preliminary injunction in a suit challenging the Federal Trade Commission’s ban on employment noncompete clauses—is most notable for how different it is from the position a Texas federal judge, who was hearing a similar case, took in a July 3 ruling. Observers said the…

Pa. Federal Judge Orders Ogletree Client Ikea to Pay Over $560K for Spoilation of Evidence | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/07/24/pa-federal-judge-orders-ogletree-client-ikea-to-pay-over-560k-for-spoilation-of-evidence/ Credit: mojo cp/Shutterstock NEWS The sanctions motion came following a 66-page opinion Brody entered in May, which said Ikea and its counsel demonstrated “incredible and gross negligence”…

The Davidoff Law Firm, on behalf of the plaintiff, the trading company Damas Equipment, has filed a lawsuit in the Miami-Dade Circuit Court against the defendants, AAG International, Guesbeogo Commodities, and two individuals, Sheldon Burnett of AAG and Fadyl Zeba of Guesbeogo Commodities. Damas Equipment, based in Ontario, Canada, claimed…

Phila. Jury Returns $2.3M Ankle Injury Verdict on Second Day of Trial | The Legal Intelligencer Page Printed From: https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2024/07/24/phila-jury-returns-2-3m-ankle-injury-verdict-on-second-day-of-trial/ Kenneth Fulginiti of Fulginiti Law. Courtesy photo NEWS The jury’s decision came on the second day of what was originally expected to be a five-day trial. “It’s interesting that you…

The Connecticut Supreme Court held that a trial court is not obligated to narrow a proposed class to reach class certification. Former residents of Barbour Gardens, an affordable-housing property in Hartford, filed a class action against the apartment’s owner and property management company due to poor condition of the units,…