SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARY Federal Case Summary Vakili v. MTD Prods. Inc. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 220843 Decided: November 10, 2025 The Middle District reinforces the necessary qualifications of experts to be able to opine on causation. Background MTD manufactured the
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summary Kincaid v. Dollar Tree, Inc. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania No. 2:25-cv-00787 Decided: September 2, 2025 The Western District Court dismissed the Dollar Tree store manager on the basis of fraudulent joinder, allowing the case to remain in Federal
Thomas, Thomas & Hafer Attorney Sarah Cobbs successfully argued fraudulent joinder of a store manager, allowing the case to remain in Federal Court. The suit concerned allegations of negligence, and claims of personal injury, after a cup filled with urine tipped over on a store shelf and spilled onto the
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Federal Case Summaries Binotto v. Geico United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania No. 3:22-cv-210 Decided: May 30, 2025 In this Post-Koken decision, the Western District precluded evidence of the Defendant’s UM limits or premiums paid at trial. Background Plaintiff Donald Binotto sought uninsured
In a trucking personal injury case, TTH Attorney Amanda Hennessey recently won an appeal before the Third Circuit Court of Appeals. The Court’s ruling affirmed the full dismissal of the action by Judge Sylvia H. Rambo of the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Amanda represented the operator of an ocean-container terminal
TTH Attorneys Christopher Gallagher, Paul Alexander and Brook Dirlam recently won summary judgment in the United Stated District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The victory was obtained on behalf of a municipal client in an action involving the suicide of one of its employees. The decedent took his
