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Tuesday, June 28, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett signed legislation into law that will amend the mechanics of civil liability in negligence cases – which includes most personal injury cases. The “Fair Share Act” as it has been coined, essentially replaces the current doctrine of joint and several liability that has ruled Pennsylvania since the Colonial […]

Discovery is critical to any civil lawsuit. This is the phase in which the parties request documents, ask question, and depose the witness to establish the facts in the case before trial. While discovery is generally far-reaching, just how far does it go? With Pennsylvania trial courts split on how to handle social media discovery […]

Steven Fairlie, of the Montgomery County law firm Fairlie & Lippy, P.C., has been named a 2011 Pennsylvania SuperLawyer for Personal Injury. He has previously been named a Pennsylvania SuperLawyer for Criminal Defense, and regularly practices in both fields. Elizabeth Lippy has been named a 2011 SuperLawyers Rising Star in a Criminal Defense, an award […]

Conventional wisdom amongst lawyers holds that Judges can better disregard inadmissible evidence when rendering a verdict. Any time there is evidence that is not permitted to be presented to the fact finder, the Judge must make that ruling and therefore must see the evidence. Similarly, sometimes the inadmissible evidence is blurted out in court before […]

If you were ever involved in a Montgomery County criminal or personal injury case you may wish to follow this link to rate the Judge that handled the case: http://www.courthouseforum.com/venue.php?venue_id=11817 . There is also a version of the site to rate Bucks County Judges: http://www.courthouseforum.com/venue.php?venue_id=11780. In fact, you can click through the website to write […]