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The Covid – 19 situation requires Thomas, Thomas & Hafer, LLP to cancel the Claims Symposium scheduled for May 21, 2020.  Regrettably, after weeks of monitoring the Covid – 19 situation and Governor Wolf’s recommendations for the Commonwealth, it is apparent that we will not be able to present the Symposium as planned.  We at… read more

Thomas, Thomas and Hafer, LLP is pleased to announce that G. Richard (“Rick”) Murphy has been admitted to the Bar of Ohio.  Rick becomes the second member of the firm’s Pittsburgh office with an Ohio admission.  Pittsburgh attorney Kenneth T. Newman has been a member of the Ohio Bar since 1995.  Both Ken and Rick… read more

On May 4, 2020, Attorneys Scott McCarroll and Julia Morrison of TT&H’s Harrisburg office, won summary judgment in connection with a death action filed in Dauphin County.  The matter involved an accidental fire that claimed the lives of two foster children and injured another.  The Plaintiffs alleged that the Defendant, a company that vets foster… read more

FIRM NEWS TT&H is available to advise and assist insurers in the handling of COVID-19 claims. As COVID-19 continues to impact our daily lives, TT&H is aware that insurers are beginning to receive claims relating to the disease, whether for business interruption, liability coverage, workers’ compensation or otherwise.  As always, insurers confronted with such claims… read more

SIGNIFICANT CASE SUMMARIES PENNSYLVANIA CASE SUMMARIES Dean v. Bowling Green-Brandywine Pennsylvania Supreme Court No. 26 MAP 2019 Decided: February 19, 2020 In a malpractice action, the Mental Health Procedures Act’s qualified immunity does not apply to all physicians and facilities that treat patients with any history of mental illness. Background Plaintiffs’ decedent, with a history… read more