PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (April, 2017) – Civil trial attorneys Joshua Boggs and Jordan Berty of the civil defense firm Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers, LLP (MSZL&M) have been published in the Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Civil Litigation Update. In the article, Attorneys Boggs and Berty share a cautionary tale regarding the importance of timeliness when responding to a complaint, judgment or any notice of legal action, referencing Guntrum v. Citicorp […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
DELAWARE COUNTY, Pennsylvania (April, 2017) – Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers LLP (MSZL&M) recently obtained a defense verdict in a premises liability case involving a casino, the results of which were published in Zarin’s Jury Verdict Review & Analysis. The case was tried by MSZL&M’s civil trial attorney Lawrence M. Kelly in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, PA. The plaintiff, a […]
News | 1 Feb 2017 | by Defense Counsel
Arbitration agreements between medical providers and their patients must include both the pros and the cons of the arbitration provisions under the Chapter 766, Florida’s Medical Malpractice Act. DiLorenzo and DiLorenzo v. Lam and Family Foot and Leg Center, 42 Fla. L. Weekly D286a (Fla. 2d DCA February 1, 2017). In DiLorenzo, the parties entered into an agreement, which included an arbitration clause. However, the defendants cherry-picked only […]
We “suspend your license to practice law with no possibility of reinstatement for thirty days from the filing of this opinion.” This is a statement no practicing attorney wants to read or hear. You may not believe it, but this harsh sanction actually arose as a result of an attorney failing to negotiate a Medicare subrogation lien. Most, if not all, practicing personal injury […]
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (February, 2017) – After more than three years of litigation and nearly five months in trial, a jury reached a verdict in the controversial Philadelphia Salvation Army building collapse case, finding all but one defendant liable. The exonerated defendant was represented by Pennsylvania civil trial lawyers Daniel J. McCarthy and William M. Brennan, of the civil litigation defense firm Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & […]
TAMPA, Florida (February 2017) – In a Florida case, a plaintiff brought an automobile negligence suit against our clients—a driver and her employer—arising from a rear-end collision, which occurred in August of 2011. The plaintiff claimed he was permanently injured as a result of the accident, after which there was minimal property damage and both vehicles were fully operable. His alleged injuries included permanent sprain/strain […]