News
General Liability
September 01, 2022
eNotes: Liability – September 2022 – Washington, D.C.
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES DC CASE SUMMARY Caesar v. Westchester Corp. District of Columbia Court of Appeals No. 21-CV-0357 Decided: August 18, 2022 Where monetary damages in the amount of an injury will not adequately compensate a plaintiff, additional permanent injunction may be appropriate. Background In February of 2014, a longtime resident of an apartment complex,… read more
September 01, 2022
eNotes: Liability – September 2022 – Virginia
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES VA CASE SUMMARIES Rife v. Tractor Supply Co. United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia No. 1:21CV00016, 2022 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125672 Decided: July 15, 2022 Federal Court grants Motion for summary judgment in dog food slip and fall case. Background Plaintiff, John Rife, and his son visited Tractor… read more
August 02, 2022
eNotes: Liability – August 2022 – Federal
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES FEDERAL CASE SUMMARIES Lehmann v. Louisville Ladder, Inc. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania No. 21-4626, __F. Supp.3d__ Decided: July 6, 2022 Pennsylvania Federal District Court holds that a product’s compliance with government and industry standards is admissible in a strict liability design defect trial where plaintiff attacks… read more
August 02, 2022
eNotes: Liability – August 2022 – Pennsylvania
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PA CASE SUMMARIES Arlet v. Workers’ Comp. Appeal Bd. (Commw. of Pa., Dep’t of Labor & Indus., Bureau of Workers’ Comp.) Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 12 WAP 2021 Decided: February 23, 2022 Pennsylvania Supreme Court adopted the “no-coverage” exception in anti-subrogation rule that prohibits insurers from subrogating against their own insured. Background… read more
August 02, 2022
eNotes: Liability – August 2022 – Maryland
SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES MD CASE SUMMARY Wadsworth v. Sharma Maryland Court of Appeal No. 40, September Term, 2021 Decided: July 15, 2022 The Court of Appeals of Maryland continues stare decisis, holding that a Plaintiff in a wrongful death medical malpractice suit must continue to prove proximate causation. Background In 2006, Plaintiff’s wife was diagnosed… read more