Melanie J. Foreman, shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Marshall Dennehey, has been elected President of the Temple American Inn of Court, a legal association devoted to excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility and legal skills. Previously, she served as Vice President, and before that, Treasurer of the association.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia jury has handed down the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Pennsylvania, in the form of a $182.7 million judgment to a five year-old boy born with cerebral palsy and his mother, against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a local rehabilitation center for delinquent youth continues to insist that sexual assault litigation filed against their clients by a Western Pennsylvania man should be transferred to a Forest County court.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man continues to reiterate claims against the owners and operators of the condominium complex where his late mother lived, alleging a fall she suffered on their property caused injuries whose repairs later led to her death.