Month: May 2015

For nearly three decades Martin v. Ketchum, 568 A.2d 159 (Pa. 1990) has set the standard upon which a claimant may establish a compensable psychological injury as a result of a work-related mental stimulus or “mental-mental” injuries. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court...

As a medical malpractice defense attorney, I have attended many nursing depositions over the years.   A deposition is a question and answer session where the opposing attorney gets to ask the nurse-witness a wide variety of questions about the care that he or she gave...

Recently, an Ohio court, in Jones v. MetroHealth, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Case No.757131, recognized an argument by a defendant healthcare entity, reducing an award on the basis of the Affordable Care Act. The relevant arguments as to the Affordable Care...

Best employment practices should motivate employers to accommodate mothers who make reasonable requests to express breast milk in the workplace. If a family friendly workplace and best practices don’t provide sufficient motivation, avoiding legal liability should....