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05/17/12
Keith Riel was president of Canadian Auto Workers Local 524 nearly a decade ago when the union pushed for a special medical intake clinic and a 10-year cancer mortality study at the Peterborough General Electric plant (in Ontario). Riel, now retired from GE and a city councillor, isn’t surprised that in the years since the [...]
05/17/12
Written by Rayna E. Kessler, Esquire Cohen Placitella & Roth supports the annual observance of National Women's Health Week. The week-long celebration encourages the advancement of gender equality in health care by bringing together communities, health agencies and organizations, business, government and others across the country. First Lady Michelle Obama said "we can all truly make a difference, not just for ourselves, but for our mothers and daughters, our grandmothers and granddaughters, and all the women in our lives who we love."
05/10/12
Written by James P. Goslee, Esquire James Goslee is an associate at Cohen, Placitella & Roth and former law clerk to the Honorable Timothy J. Savage, U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. James recently wrote an article providing advice for current law clerks who will be joining private law firms in the fall.
04/25/12
Written by Rayna E. Kessler, Esquire During the last decade, the cosmetics industry has grown exponentially with annual sales totaling approximately $60 billion dollars in the U.S. alone. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is the U.S. agency that oversees the safety of cosmetics. Yet, the U.S. cosmetics industry has remained largely self-regulated. For example, the FDA regulations prohibit only ten (10) types of ingredients in cosmetic products due to safety concerns, including chloroform, methylene chloride, and mercury-containing compounds. In contrast, the European Union bans more than one thousand (1,000) ingredients. Additionally, cosmetic companies are not required to disclose their cosmetic product ingredients to the FDA. As a result, only one-third of cosmetic manufacturers are estimated by the FDA to voluntarily disclose the cosmetic ingredients in their products to the agency.
04/15/12
Written by Christopher M. Placitella, Esquire After April 20, 2012 — the Statute of Limitations for filing claims with Thorpe Insulation Trust is "Claims must be filed within one year of the date of death...(unless exceptions apply)...."
04/10/12
Written by James P. Goslee, Esquire A few weeks ago we posted an article addressing when private Facebook content can be subject to discovery in civil litigation. (see: Litigants Beware — Your Facebook Content May Not Be Private). In that blog post, we noted a trend in Pennsylvania decisions whereby discovery of private Facebook content was only permitted if a litigant's public profile contained content relevant to the lawsuit. This "threshold" showing of relevant public content seemed to provide some measure of protection against discovery of private Facebook content. However, a recent Common Pleas Court order from Montgomery County seems to call this "threshold" requirement into question.
04/08/12
Written by Christopher M. Placitella, Esquire The Pennsylvania Supreme Court held that, under the 2 disease rule, a plaintiff should be permitted to file a second claim for a second asbestos-related cancer. The plaintiff previously had a claim for lung cancer, from which he recovered, but then developed mesothelioma. The defendants had argued that the two disease rule was limited to one claim for a non-cancerous disease, and one claim for an asbestos-related cancer. Congratulations to my friend Ed Nass for securing this important victory.
04/04/12
Written by Christopher M. Placitella, Esquire For many years, we have been noticing annecdotally that our asbestos exposed clients seemed to have a higher incidents of heart disease. Now a new study led by Anne-Helen Harding of Britain's Health and Safety Laboratory, which appeared in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine on Tuesday investigates whether asbestos is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. According to the Journal, "the objective of this study was to investigate cardiovascular disease mortality in a large cohort of workers occupationally exposed to asbestos."
04/03/12
Written by Joel S. Rosen, Esquire When an individual is injured due to the negligence of any employee of the United States who is acting in their role as a government employee at the time the negligence occurs, then there can be a viable cause of action on behalf of the injured person. That lawsuit is brought not against the individual employee, but against the United States government under the Federal Tort Claims Act. Whether the defendant works at a federally owned and managed hospital, is a postal employee, or works at a number of other federal agencies, these are all claims that may be filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act. In these cases it is imperative that all of the requirements of the statute are followed to the letter. If not, you may lose your claim due to a procedural misstep.
03/30/12
Written by James P. Goslee, Esquire As the social networking market continues to grow and evolve, consumers are increasingly presented with new platforms through which they can document and share their lives. The expansion of this market, particularly over the past few years, has been nothing short of remarkable. Websites like Facebook and LinkedIn have become nearly mandatory for young adults, much like cell phones in the 1990s. Arguably, Facebook has become the preferred method of social communication for a new generation of Americans. And while this new era of social networking has a number of positives, it also carries significant risks — particularly in litigation. Users of social media sites need to be aware that the content that they share (even if they use privacy filters) may be used against them. |
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