Daniel Joel Siegel's Legal Cases (13)

Personal injury

Lewis v. CRC Industries, Inc., 2010 PA Super 179, 7 A.3d 841 (Pa.Super. 2010)

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Author of the Brief for the Appellant. The Pennsylvania Superior Court ordered a new trial in a products liability action involving the application of New Jersey substantive law, holding that the law p ... rohibits a court from introducing to the jury the principle of assumption of risk as a defense to a plaintiff's strict product liability claim stemming from an used in a workplace setting. The Court further held when a jury charge as a whole is inadequate, or not clear, or has a tendency to mislead or confuse, rather than clarify a material issue, that error is a sufficient basis for the award of a new trial.

Workers compensation

Commonwealth v. Workers' Compensation Appeal Board (Harvey), 993 A.2d 270 (Pa. 2010)

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OUTCOME:

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed that the use of actuarial data to calculate pension offsets for injured employees who also receive pension benefits from a defined benefit plan. By not foreclosi ... ng a claimant’s ability to challenge the calculations and the assumptions underlying them, injured workers may still employ actuaries to establish when improper and inaccurate calculations form the basis for a claimed offset.

State, local, and municipal law

Colosimo's v. City of Philadelphia, Nos. 2419 & 2420 CD 1993 (Pa.Cmwlth. 1995)

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Counsel for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvanians Against Handgun Violence before the Court of Common Pleas Of Philadelphia and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court in case challenging the City of Philadelphia's ... ban on semi-automatic assault weapons (unreported decision).

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