Tort Talkers may recall that, back in January of 2020, the bad faith case of Unterberg v. Mercury Ins. Co., No. 2016-C-806 (C.P. Leh. Co. 2020 Pavlack, J.) was reviewed.  In that decision, the court entered judgment in favor of a Plaintiff and against the carrier on both a breach of contract claim and on a statutory bad faith claim with the bad faith damages to be determined in a separate hearing.  This case arose…

 LACKAWANNA BAR ASSOCIATION and  TORT TALK Present another One Hour ZOOM CLE Friday, November 13, 2020 at Noon ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS WITH TORT TALK: A Holiday Themed Civil Litigation Update (1 Substantive CLE Credit) Presented By Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire of Cummins Law Clarks Summit, PA Free for LBA Members; Fee for Non-members: $60.00(All fees go to the Bar Association) Registration Limited to First 100 persons to Register Registrants Will Be Able to Access the Tort Talk…

In the Non-precedential decision in the case of Darwish v. Einspahr, No. 2588-EDA-2019 (Pa. Super. Sept. 24, 2020 Bowes, J., Shogan, J., and Pellegrini, J.) (Mem. Op. by Bowes, J.) [non-precedential], the Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed a trial court decision that had found that the $50,000.00 verdict on future medical expenses in a limited tort motor vehicle accident case was proper even though the jury did not find serious impairment.  The trial court had vacated…

  Here is a LINK to an advertisement for an upcoming Philadelphia Association of Defense Counsel Zoom CLE seminar entitled “Preventing Legal Malpractice and Ethics Complaints in 2020” and set to take place on October 20, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. The seminar is being presented by Todd C. Scott, VP Risk Management with Minnesota Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company and will be moderated by Attorney Kathleen D. Wilkinson of the Philadelphia office of Wilson Elser. I note that…

In the case of Sauers v. Borough of Nesquehoning, No. 3:16-CV-00811-JPW (M.D. Pa. Sept. 21, 2020 Wilson, J.), the court granted a borough’s Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings in a Plaintiff’s state law wrongful death, survival and vicarious liability action in this Section 1983 civil rights claim arising out of a police officer’s crashing into the Plaintiff’s car while involved in a high speed pursuant.  The court found that the borough was immune from…

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WILKES-BARRE LAW & LIBRARY ASSOCIATION and  TORT TALK Present another One Hour ZOOM CLE (as part of the Luzerne Bench-Bar Conference) Friday, November 5, 2020 at 1:00 pm ENJOYING THE HOLIDAYS WITH TORT TALK: A Holiday Themed Civil Litigation Update (1 Substantive CLE Credit) Presented By Daniel E. Cummins, Esquire of Cummins Law Clarks Summit, PA For this CLE Session Enter: Webinar ID: 817 8425 3290 Passcode: 963162 HERE IS A LINK TO THE AGENDA FOR THE…