Welcome to your Monday morning round-up of stories in today’s edition of The Legal Intelligencer. All of the links below will take you directly to today’s stories, or you can head straight over to The Legal’s homepage. (Some stories may require registration or a paid subscription.)
The top story this morning is the Pennsylvania Superior Court upholding a $10.4 million judgment in a hormone-replacement therapy case, as reporter Amaris Elliott-Engel writes.
Also above the fold on Page 1, reporter Saranac Hale Spencer writes that claims against HSBC Mortgage Corp. regarding its practice of force placing insurance on borrowers who hadn’t maintained sufficient property insurance have been tossed by a federal judge, but claims for breach of contract have been allowed to survive.
Below the fold on Page 1, reporter Gina Passarella writes that State Farm doesn’t want to defend Jerry Sandusky in civil and criminal cases.
Also below the fold on Page 1, Amaris Elliott-Engel writes that a settlement dispute in Behren v. Comcast came about after the U.S. Supreme Court granted certiorari to hear the case.
In more Regional News on Page 3, Saranac Hale Spencer writes that a $17.5 million verdict against the Veterans Affairs hospital in Philadelphia stands after a Third Circuit order last week.
As always, our People in the News section is on Page 2, and the top stories from our sister publications across the country make up the Page 4 National News section.
In the Public Interest Page, Carol E. Tracy, Terry L. Fromson and Amal Bass write about the impact of the Affordable Care Act on women in Pennsylvania.
In the Law Technology News column on Page 7, David Snow writes about a survey conducted by ALM Legal Intelligence that shows a slow adoption of alternative fee arrangements.
If you have questions or comments about any of today's stories, or our coverage as a whole, we invite you to e-mail any of the reporters directly. We hope you'll enjoy today's Legal.
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