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  • Bilinski v. Wills Eye Hosp.

    Publication Date: 2019-10-07
    Practice Area: Medical Malpractice
    Industry: Health Care
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pappert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-1170

    While a medical facility ordinarily cannot be held liable for a physician's failure to obtain informed consent, plaintiff's complaint raised an issue of fact regarding the defendant hospital's potential liability where the defendant physician's status as a fellow could be more comparable to a trainee or student than an ordinary physician. The court denied in part defendants' motions for summary judgment.

  • Kao v. Cardconnect Corp.

    Publication Date: 2019-07-15
    Practice Area: Contractual Disputes
    Industry: Financial Services and Banking | Food and Beverage
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Pappert
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:
    Case Number: 19-0816

    Defendant moved for reconsideration of the trial court's ruling that the parties' service contract dictated the terms of the implied agreement between them and the court found defendant's argument was inconsistent with the procedural history of the case, since defendant knew all along that the trial judge's role was to determine the terms of the parties' implied contract, and defendant's alternative argument for interlocutory review failed because courts had broad discretion to tailor discovery to meet the needs of each case. Motion d