This blog is directed to those men and women who have worked around products containing asbestos and who were exposed to the various diseases that are caused by that exposure, as well as the families of those workers who may have contracted asbestos-related diseases as a result of having been around their loved ones as […]

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In order to hold insurance companies accountable for unfair insurance claims practices, in 1990, the Pennsylvania legislature passed 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 8371, otherwise known as Pennsylvania’s “bad faith” statute, which provides: In an action arising under an insurance policy, if the court finds that the insurer has acted in bad faith toward the insured, the […]

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Tom Brady has given up on the appeals process with regard to his four game suspension to start the 2016-17 NFL season resulting from his involvement in the Deflategate scandal surrounding deflated New England Patriots footballs in the 2015 playoffs. However, the reasons behind his decision are likely strategic. If Brady had chosen to appeal […]

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How is it possible that we can keep up with the Kardashians, but we cannot keep up with the Supreme Court? Although many states permit some form of video recordings of state court proceedings, video cameras and recordings are prohibited in the U.S. Supreme Court and all lower federal courts, save a very limited pilot […]

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It was reported last week that a Tesla Model S with the Autopilot system activated was involved in a fatal crash, the first known fatality in which a car that was operating, at least semi-autonomously, crashed without human input. The crash occurred when a tractor trailer drove across a highway, perpendicular to the Tesla. The […]

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Those poor One Percenters. Sure the wealthiest one percent of Americans own 40 percent of the country’s wealth, have multiple homes, cars, planes, yachts, even the newly minted legal defense of “affluenza” to exonerate them from killing people. But they have never been able to enjoy the benefits of social welfare organizations like Doctors Without […]

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I hope to continue to provide our readers with updates as to the status of important cases pending in our highest courts that affect oil and gas and landowners. The Ohio Supreme Court recently issued its ruling on a matter that has been fairly well known to those interested in the Ohio oil and gas […]

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Partners Jim Bordas and Geoff Brown recently concluded, by way of a multi-million dollar settlement, the case that Tom and Michele McFadden brought against Wheeling physician Dr. Robert Cross.  The case the McFadden’s brought on behalf of their deceased 18-year-old son, who was a freshman at West Liberty University, began when Dr. Cross agreed to […]

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Wow, the time is just flying.  It seems like it was not that long ago that once again it was time to get your kids ready for school and now it’s almost time for the holiday break. Even for college, there are many trips to the stores for the usual supplies.  The stores are always […]

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Two weeks ago, Pennsylvania’s voters elected Democratic Judges Christine Donohue, David Wecht and Kevin Dougherty to the Supreme Court, giving the party a five to two majority for the first time since 2009.  The Washington Post called such results “one of the biggest court shake-ups in recent history.”  It was the first time three seats on the high court […]

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