Employment Associate Joseph Gordon addresses an emerging divide in federal court regarding the enforcement of employer arbitration agreements for the Sept. 29, 2016 edition of The Legal Intelligencer. Click here to access it.
The Dollar Energy Fund appointed professional liability litigator Ralph M. Monico by board vote to serve on its Board of Directors, as well as its Planning Committee. In this role, Mr. Monico will help set the strategic direction of the organization whose mission is to improve the quality of life for households experiencing hardships through utility assistance and other services.
The Ohio Supreme Court held yesterday that abandoned mineral interests were not automatically extinguished under the 1989 version of the Ohio Dormant Mineral Act (ODMA). The Court ruled in Corban v. Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., that any surface owner seeking to claim ownership of a dormant mineral interest after June 30, 2006, must comply with the provisions of the 2006 version of ODMA, which includes notice and recording requirements. Click here to find out what you need to know about this important ruling.
Member and Co-Chair of the Insurance Coverage and Extracontractual Litigation Group Christopher Jacobs and Associate Matthew Meyers penned an article for The Legal Intelligencer’s insurance law supplement. Published in the Aug. 30, 2016 edition, the article looks at whether the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s recent holding in Selective Way Insurance v. Hospitality Group Services, 119 A.3d 1035 (Pa. Super. Ct. 2015) will be a catalyst for increased coverage litigation in the future. Click here to read it.
The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania granted a partial summary judgment to an energy client in a contractual indemnification dispute.
Represented by Chair and Member of the Energy Group Matthew G. Brouse and Associate Jennifer L. Beresky, the Burns White client was a co-defendant in a personal injury lawsuit where the plaintiff sustained injuries while performing work for one company on a well site that was owned and operated by the Burns White client. A cross-claim was filed by the co-defendant for common law contribution and indemnification, as well as contractual indemnification. In response, Burns White filed a motion to dismiss the contractual indemnification count, asserting that our client was not required to indemnify for personal injury claims made by subcontractors as stated in the master service agreement and filed a crossclaim for breach of contract. In the end, the court granted our client’s motion for partial summary judgment requiring the co-defendant to cover all legal costs and cost of settlement.
Note: The results obtained in a particular case are heavily dependent on the facts and the law specific to that case.
PITTSBURGH, Aug. 15, 2016 — 15 attorneys from Burns White’s Pittsburgh office were selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© 2017. In addition, two attorneys were named the Best Lawyers’ 2017 “Lawyer of the Year” for their respective practice areas.
First published in 1983, Best Lawyers® is based on a peer-review survey where more than 52,000 attorneys cast nearly 5.5 million votes on the legal abilities of other lawyers in their practice areas and geographic locations.
The firm’s honorees, which have practices spanning commercial litigation, construction litigation, insurance litigation, legal malpractice defense, media law, medical malpractice defense, Medicare compliance, railroad law and workers’ compensation defense include:
In her most recent blog post for the Employment Law Blotter, Associate Laura E. Benson provides a primer on Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act for employers. Click here to read it.
Ohio Valley Medical Center recently appointed Associate Darla A. Mushet to serve on its Hospital Professional Ethics Committee for an undefined term. In this role, Ms. Mushet will be tasked with assisting in the identification, resolution and prevention of any ethical issues in the clinical setting.
Chair of the Environmental Group T.H. Lyda and Associate Daivy Dambreville co-authored an article for The Legal Intelligencer’s Energy and Environmental Law supplement on the legal challenges facing employers when fighting a recognized virus like the Zika virus. Click here to read it.
During the summer, organizations across the country rely on interns to perform work that they would ordinarily pay an employee to perform. In his most recent post for the Employment Law Blotter, Associate Sammy Sugiura writes about how a series of recent lawsuits is set to change the way employers use interns at work. Click here to read it.
