Recently, in the case of Harker v. Chan, the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania granted the defendants’ request for remittitur, lowering the jury verdict for past and future non-economic damages from $43,750,000 to $16,000,000, resulting in “the highest possible recovery that would not ‘shock’ the judicial conscience.” GH was born […]

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In July, jurors in St. Louis hit Johnson & Johnson (“J&J”) with one of the largest product liability verdicts in U.S. history–a 4.69 billion award of compensatory and punitive damages to 22 ovarian cancer victims or their survivors. The company has been engulfed in an avalanche of talc-cancer claims. As of July 1, the company faced 10,600 […]

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One of the assessments that you and your attorney will make when it comes time to file your case will be whether to file it in state or federal court. There are limited situations where you can file a case in federal court. One is where the claims that you are bringing arise out of […]

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National Voter Registration Day: September 25, 2018 The fourth Tuesday of September is known as National Voter Registration Day. Voting is one privilege in this Nation that many people fail to exercise. Considering the political climate in our country today, and the upcoming midterm elections, it is more important than ever that folks get out and […]

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Although many of the commercial truck crash cases we handle are caused by some combination of speed, fatigue or distraction, some also involve mechanical failure. These mechanical failures may be discovered by a motor carrier enforcement inspection after a crash, in an expert inspection our office arranges if we are hired quickly enough, or it […]

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I love living in a rural area. I have a 45 minute commute each day and I wouldn’t change it for the world, however, in the past few years my commute has become more and more of a daily challenge. I can take a few different routes, on back roads or main roads, to get […]

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Recently, the Pennsylvania Superior Court, in Dunlap v. Fed. Signal Corp., affirmed a trial court’s entry of summary judgment for a defendant in a products liability case wherein it was asserted that the design of the siren caused the hearing loss of a class of firefighters. 247 members of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire were plaintiffs […]

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Our firm handles a wide range of personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia concerning tractor trailer collisions. Most of these are not simple, slam-dunk cases. Often, we have to contend with a rat’s nest of convoluted, multi-layered liability defenses. Among those is often the “independent contractor” defense. The company […]

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The United Way of the Upper Ohio Valley held their yearly Sandy O’Haver Day of Caring on Wednesday, September 12, 2018. This event is to bring awareness to the monetary needs of our many non-profit organizations and to provide assistance with any odd jobs that need completed at their facilities. A very large group of […]

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Many people are familiar with the term “power of attorney,” but understanding what that means can be a little more complicated. “Power of attorney” is often encountered in dealing with a loved one’s medical treatment when that person may not be able to make decisions for him or herself, but it goes beyond that. A […]

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