Danielle Schwartz recently received a defense verdict in a Pennsylvania case involving a claim for property damage. Danielle’s client and the plaintiff were in a motor vehicle accident, after which Plaintiff’s vehicle was deemed a total loss. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s insurer paid Plaintiff for the actual cash value of her vehicle.
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES Pennsylvania Case Summaries Erie Ins. Exch. v. Beutler Pennsylvania Superior Court No. 2095 EDA 2025 Decided: June 16, 2026 Terminology does not alter the nature of a transaction. Where there is no change in the amount of UIM coverage, because no new UIM coverage was purchased, no
On June 16, 2026, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided 700 Pharmacy v. Bureau of Workers’ Compensation Fee Review Hearing Office (State Workers’ Insurance Fund), Nos. 97-101 MAP 2024. A five to two majority held that the Anti-Referral Provision of the Workers’ Compensation Act, bars physician self-referrals only for the eight
Thomas, Thomas & Hafer Attorneys, Mark Powell and Gabrielle Martin, recently won the grant of a Suspension Petition and dismissal of a Review Petition. Claimant was employed as an administrative assistant at a corrections facility when she was struck in the back with a cell door. The claim was accepted
TTH Attorney Josh Bovender recently secured a favorable jury award in his defense of a seven-figure TBI claim. The trial arose from a rear-end collision in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The Plaintiff was limited tort. Josh and his client admitted to fault for the accident and even conceded that Plaintiff may have
TTH partners Daniel Grill, along with Jonathan Danko and appellate counsel Gregory Kunkle, recently received a jury’s defense verdict. They represented an attending physician at a Montgomery County nursing home, who was the attending physician of Plaintiffs’ Decedent. Decedent was a 72-year-old resident who developed respiratory distress and deteriorated through
