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Billboard Lawyers **Website Survey**More Good Works in COVID-19 Response**In the News “Billboard Lawyers” Put Fees Over Protecting Public from Pandemic Pennsylvania’s “Billboard Lawyers” admitted to working to defeat needed liability protections for health care providers and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) makers, derailing efforts to put in place protections other states are implementing through their legislatures.…

COVID-19 Immunity** Civil Justice Reform-Minded Lawyers Needed ** Taking on Coronavirus **  COVID-10 Heroes Deserve Immunity Pennsylvania is facing new and unexpected challenges as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Health care providers and businesses large and small are incurring risk to provided life-saving care, equipment, and goods to get us all through this public health crisis.…

COVID-19 and the Courts **Doing “God’s Work” ** Stepping Up A Message From the Executive Director: We are a universe away from where we were when we published our last Update on March 16th. COVID-19 has created a worldwide pivot that no one could have foreseen, but everyone can feel in business and at home.…

Amazon Liability Case Highlights Need for “Innocent Seller” Law A recent federal court case in the Third Circuit highlighted the need for legislation to catch up with the realities of modern, internet-based commerce, including a product seller bill that would help brick-and-mortar retailers just as much as it would help e-commerce. “We can either move…

Supreme Court’s Decision Striking Down Statute of Repose Will Stand We sure would have liked a second bite at this apple. Instead, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court gave trial lawyers an early Valentine’s Day gift on January 31 when it denied our requested re-argument in Yanakos v. UPMC. The high court refused to hear re-arguments on its earlier ruling which found the…

Venue Report ** False Claims ** Risperdal Update Committee Scheduled to Release Venue Impact Report Jackpot seeking attorneys filing medical liability cases in courts known for high verdicts and often far away from where the injury occurred, create higher health care costs and less access to care. That is precisely the situation Pennsylvania faces should the medical…