Kevin Cottone

A recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision provided hospitals a path to offset liability for their ostensible agents’ negligence. In McLaughlin v. Nahata, the Court recognized that a defendant hospital could seek...more On-site expert review of electronic medical records (“EMR”) may no longer be a last resort in professional liability matters in New Jersey. A three-judge panel in New Jersey’s Appellate Division recently upheld a trial...more Today the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an Order amending PA’s rule of civil procedure pertaining to venue. The Court’s amendment eliminates the provision, put in place nearly two decades ago, which mandated that medical...more Where an initial tortfeasor settles in a successive negligence case, the non-settling tortfeasors do not get a credit at trial, says the New Jersey Appellate Division. The court held in Glassman v. Friedel, that non-settling...more