Category: Summer 2011 Pennsylvania Legal Update

  • Medical Malpractice Claim Allowed After 36 Years

    A Pennsylvania woman successfully sued her doctors and her hospital more than 36 years after receiving questionable medical care. The woman gave birth to her first child in 1965 and suffered serious circulation problems within hours of delivery. Her treatment included “cutdown’ procedures on both arms. The cutdown procedures were minor surgical procedures in which…

  • Riverbank Ownership

    A Pennsylvania business recently lost its claim to four acres of land along the Delaware River in Philadelphia, due to laws that date back to 1810. The dispute had its beginning in a dredge-and-fill project dating back to 1960. In order to shore up several piers supporting the Betsy Ross Bridge in Philadelphia, governmentagencies dredged…

  • Residences and School Districts

    As parents gear up for back-toschool shopping and organizing, it is worthwhile to brush up on Pennsylvania laws that control where children are entitled to attend school. The Pennsylvania School Code provides that school-age children are entitled to attend the public school where their parents or physical guardians “reside.” Pennsylvania judges have interpreted the School…

  • Mental Health Records in Court

    A Pennsylvania woman who, following an automobile accident, sued another driver for negligence found herself faced with a difficult choice. During the discovery phase of the lawsuit, a time when both sides exchange information and documents about the case, the woman objected to sharing all of her medical records. She released most of her medical…

  • “Horseplay” and Workers’ Compensation

    Two similar cases show the fine line between work and “horseplay” and the consequences to injured workers of crossing that line. A furniture deliveryman who suffered serious brain injuries won workers’ compensation Wage and medical benefits, buta college janitor who broke both ankles did not fare as well and was denied all benefits. Both men…

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