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Exciting news for Fairlie & Lippy – Steven Fairlie has been named to the SuperLawyers lists for the Top 100 Lawyers in Pennsylvania and the Top 100 Lawyers in Philadelphia. He practices Criminal Defense and Personal Injury in Montgomery County, Bucks County, and the surrounding areas. The SuperLawyers list is published in Philadelphia Magazine and […]

Kermit Gosnell, the Philadelphia abortion doctor who was accused of performing thousands of illegal abortions and operating a “pill mill”, was found guilty last Monday and was sentenced on Tuesday. Gosnell was found guilty of three counts of first-degree murder for aborting babies who were born alive, one count of involuntary manslaughter for the overdose […]

According to the CDC, drugs other than alcohol are involved in approximately 18% of all fatal vehicle crashes each year. Despite this, there is still no portable test available to police to detect drugs in a person’s system. Recently, Swedish researchers developed a breath test that they say can detect 12 different drugs, including methamphetamine, […]

Last Tuesday, the United States Supreme Court issued its opinion in US Airways, Inc. v. McCutchen. The Court sought to answer the question: Do equitable principles and the rule against unjust enrichment trump the language of a benefits plan when an insurer attempts to subrogate money from the insured party? In a 5-4, decision, the […]

Last month, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania decided Commonwealth v. Harrell, a case regarding an expert witness testifying about coerced confessions. In a 2-1 decision, the Superior Court found that the defense is not entitled to calling an expert to testify about a false confession. In 2008, Michael Harrell confessed to police to killing two […]