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If You Sign A Waiver To Play Sports, Have You Agreed To Assume The Risk If You Get Hurt?

06 Saturday Feb 2016

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Litigation, Recent Links and Articles, Sports Law, Summary judgment, Torts

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Judge Gibbons Grants Summary Judgment Based on Waiver Form and Assumption of Risk in Football Injury Case, by Daniel E. Cummins, Tort Talk

http://www.torttalk.com/2016/02/judge-gibbons-grants-summary-judgment.html

With the Super Bowl on the horizon comes the case of first impression of Feleccia v. Lackawanna Coll., No. 12-CV-1960, 2016 WL 409711 (C.P. Lacka. Co. Feb. 2, 2016 Gibbons, J.), in which Judge James A. Gibbons of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas was faced with the issue whether two junior college students who were injured at a preseason football practice were barred from recovering against the college because both signed waivers of liability prior to their injuries. . . .

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Spread The Love.

16 Sunday Feb 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Law Office Management, Legal Ethics, Management, Supervising Support Staff

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Spread A Little Love: Being Pleasant And Considerate Is Part Of Being A Professional, by Daniel E. Cummins, TORT TALK

http://www.torttalk.com/2014/02/spread-little-love-article-for.html

Excellent relationship advice for all professionals. -CCE

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Oh Happy Day for Pennsylvania Personal Injury Plaintiffs.

10 Monday Feb 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Appellate Law, Case of First Impression, Damages, Evidence, Jury Persuasion, Litigation, Pennsylvania Superior Court, Personal Injury, State Appellate Courts, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Appellate Case of First Impression – Future Medical Expenses Are To Be Included in Delay Damages Calculation, by Daniel E. Cummins, TORT TALK

http://www.torttalk.com/2014/02/appellate-case-of-first-impression.html

In a case of first impression, the Pennsylvania Superior Court recently ruled in Roth v. Ross and Erie Insurance Group, 977 MDA 2013, 2014 Pa. Super. 20 (Pa. Super. Feb. 7, 2014 Donohue, Ott, J.J., Platt, S.J.)(Opinion by Donohue, J.), that an award of future medical expenses in a personal injury case should be included in the calculation of delay damages due to the Plaintiff on a verdict. . . .

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Judges and Political Campaign Contributions in Pennsylvania.

11 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Appellate Law, Campaign Contributions, Judges, Massachusetts Supreme Court, State Appellate Courts

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Campaign Contributions and Judicial Recusal in Pennsylvania, by James M. Beck, Drug and Device Law (with hat tip to Daniel Cummins, TORT TALK)

http://tinyurl.com/kpoy6w8

Have you ever been hammered in court, and then learn that the judge has received large – maybe Texas-sized – political campaign contributions from opposing counsel?  We have, and it’s not a good feeling.

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Changes Expected This Year in Pennsylvania Civil Litigation.

05 Sunday Jan 2014

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Construction, Expert Witness, Legal Technology, Litigation, Medical Malpractice, Motor Vehicle, Product Liability, Technology, Trial Tips and Techniques

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Changes Anticipated for Pa. Civil Litigation Jurisprudence in 2014, by Daniel E. Cummins, TORT TALK, republished from Pennsylvania Law Weekly

http://www.torttalk.com/2014/01/article-changes-anticipated-for-pa.html

Currently, there are a number of important civil litigation issues pending before the Pennsylvania appellate courts, the results of which could significantly impact the way litigators practice in the years ahead. Moreover, notable changes over the past year in Pennsylvania statutory law, as well as the Rules of Professional Responsibility, are expected to have a significant impact.

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Thorough Analysis of Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work Doctrine.

25 Monday Nov 2013

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in Attorney Work Product, Attorney-Client Privilege, Discovery, Requests for Production

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Federal Middle District Magistrate Judge Mehalchick Addresses Attorney-Client Privilege and Attorney Work Product Doctrine in Discovery Dispute, by Daniel E. Cummins, TORT TALK

http://tinyurl.com/kw7cdbl

The case before Judge Mehalchick, entitled Dempsey v. Bucknell University, No. 4:11-CV-1679 (M.D.Pa. Oct. 7, 2013 Mehalchick, M.J.), arose out of a breach of contract claim filed by a student against the university relative to student conduct hearings held.  At issue were certain documents withheld from discovery by the plaintiff in response to the defendant’s Rule 34 discovery requests on the grounds of the attorney-client privilege and the attorney work product doctrine.

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