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Battle Tough and Trial Ready: PMT Gets Another Defense Verdict
By Ernest J. Bernabei III and Thomas M. Bona. Court: Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge: Susan I. Schulman Case Type: Slip and Fall/Construction Caption: Hillary Jay v. Tony DePaul & Son Index No.: 1906-07026 Decision Date: October 1, 2020 Decision: Defense...
Fall Workers’ Compensation Updates – New Jersey
By Charlene Stewart Barnaba. Covid-19 Presumption for Essential Workers We previously reported that there was a proposed Bill in the Legislature which intended to create a rebuttable presumption that all COVID-19 infections contracted by essential employees were work...
PMT Always on Your Side – PMT Gives Clients Peace of Mind with Our Claims Monitoring and Litigation Management Practice Group
By John A. Risi and Peter M. Dunne. An area of PMT’s practice that greatly assists our clients and seemingly under the radar is our Litigation Monitoring Group. Our Litigation Monitoring Group conducts oversight of general liability, insurance coverage,...
HOT TOPICS – Ginsburg’s Lasting Green Impact
By Marc H. Pillinger. After a feverish battle with cancer, in the late evening of September 18th 2020, Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed away. Ginsburg leaves a lasting legacy on environmental jurisprudence. Ginsburg in her opinion in the 2000 case, Friends of the Earth v....
NY Governor Suspends Statute of Limitations
By John A. Risi. October 2020 – Update New York Extends the Tolling of Statute of Limitations Until November 3rd…with a Twist Beginning on March 20, 2020, New York State, by way of gubernatorial executive orders, has tolled the Statute of Limitations for the...
COVID-19 Budget Cuts Will Restrict Access to Courts
By Kenneth A. Krajewski. On September 29, 2020, New York’s Unified Court System Chief Administrative Judge, Lawrence K. Marks, issued a Memorandum to the presiding and administrative judges of the State’s Appellate Divisions, and Court of Appeals Chief Judge Hon....
All Your Fault: Iconic Department Store Blames Insurers as It Files for Bankruptcy and Closes Down
By Thomas M. Bona. The pandemic has not been kind to retailers as we all know. Because of the dearth of shoppers, numerous well-known retailers such as Lord & Taylors, Neiman Marcus, Pier 1, and Brooks Brothers, among others have encountered financial difficulties...
HOT TOPICS – An Ounce of Prevention: Premises Liability in the COVID-19 Era and What Commercial Property Owners Need to Know
By Jeffrey T. Miller and Thomas M. Bona. As COVID-19 rapidly swept the nation, closing the doors of thousands of businesses since March, owners are anxious to flick on their “OPEN” signs and return to work after nearly six months. Restrictions are lifting and...
Case by Case: Recent Court of Appeals Decision – Labor Law: Maybe Things Aren’t Changing After All
By Marc H. Pillinger. The Court of Appeals in the case of Bianca-Neto v. Boston Road II Housing Development Fund Corp., 34 N.Y.3d 1166, 121 N.Y.S.3d 753 (2020), in a 4/3 decision, has arguably used the concept of acquiescence to expand liability under Labor Law 240...
The PMT Advantage – Six PMT Attorneys Acknowledged for a High Degree of Peer Recognition and Professional Achievement
What does it mean to have The PMT Advantage on your side? Outstanding lawyers. Period. Each PMT attorney selected to a Super Lawyers list has undergone a multi-phase selection process. Six PMT attorneys received this accolade for multiple years in a row. Being honored...