kmbApr14
October 1, 2012
A shoplifter who brandished a knife when stopped by store security officers was convicted of felony robbery for stealing several DVDs. The store security officers noticed the shoplifter “staging” DVDs around the store, Monitoring him on video surveillance throughout the store, the officers saw the man choose DVDs, carry them to other sections of the […]
kmbApr14
October 1, 2012
Workers who suffer multiple injuries at work or whose work-related disability worsens over time have complex workers’ compensation claims. Two very different cases illustrate how Pennsylvania law responds to chronic and progressive work-related injuries. Two very different cases illustrate how Pennsylvania lawresponds to chronic and progressive work-related injuries. Carpal Tunnel A typist who worked for […]
kmbApr14
July 1, 2012
The United States Constitution, specifically the Fifth Amendment, guarantees all citizens the protection of due process when they are faced with the possible loss of life, liberty and property through the actions of the federal government against them. Additionally, the Fourteenth Amendment affords this same protection to the citizens against such depriwations when actions are […]
kmbApr14
July 1, 2012
Death of a Client before the Required Beginning Date (RBD) If the beneficiary is not a designated beneficiary, the balance of the IRA must be completely distributed before Dcc. 31 of the year of the fifth anniversary of the client’s death (“the five-year rule”). If the beneficiary is a designated beneficiary, the balance of the […]
kmbApr14
July 1, 2012
State and local governments are cloaked with broad immunity from private lawsuits. While many exceptions to state and local governmental immunity exist, they tend to be narrow and technical. Governmental immunity doesn’t protect only government agencies; it also often extends to government officials, employees, and Volunteers. But where a County-owned nursing home is operated by […]
kmbApr14
July 1, 2012
Spectators at baseball games assume the risk of a variety of injuries-balls and even bats sometimes hit fans and can cause serious injuries. A Phillies fan who tried to get around the law of assumption of the risk struck out when the Pennsylvania Superior Court threw his case out of court. The spectator suffered a serious […]
kmbApr14
July 1, 2012
A structured settlement is a completely voluntary agreement between an injured person and the insurance company obligated to pay for the negligent conduct of the person or company that caused the victim’s injuries. In a structured settlement, an injury victim doesn’t receive compensation for his or her injuries in one lump sum. Instead, the victim […]
kmbApr14
July 1, 2012
A University of Pittsburgh student won the right to sue the fraternity’s chapter advisor after the student suffered renal failure, seizures, and hypertension requiring three weeks of hospitalization and kidney dialysis due to injuries caused by protracted “paddling’ during his fraternity initiation. The Pennsylvania Superior Court held that while a national fraternity and its regional […]
kmbApr14
July 1, 2012
Late in 2011, Pennsylvania passed changes to the laws on mandatory immunizations required for public school children and increased the obligations of school districts to report to state health officials on immunization records Vaccines protectus from a host of diseases that once regularly brought suffering and death to the global population for their students. Pennsylvania pediatricians […]
kmbApr14
May 1, 2012
Pending final word from the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, police officers cannot legally use phone confiscated from a suspected drug dealer to send text messages to another dealer and later use the text messages to prove their case against both dealers in court. The Pennsylvania Superior Court, a state level appellate court, has issued an opinion […]
