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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Rules that Evidence of Product’s Compliance with Governmental Regulations or Industry Standards Is...

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Michael and Melissa Sullivan v. Werner Company, et al., No. 18 EAP 2022, 2023 WL 8859656 (Pa. 2023) - The plaintiff was injured at a jobsite when the platform of a six-foot tall mobile scaffold collapsed, causing him to fall...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Pennsylvania Stays in a Minority of Two States in Prohibiting Evidence of Compliance With Government and Industry Standards in...

Just before Christmas, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a lump of coal to products liability defendants: Sullivan v. Werner Co., 2023 WL 8859656 (Pa. Dec. 22, 2023), affirming a lower court ruling that barred evidence...more

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Does Trump’s COVID-19 Case Need To Be Reported To OSHA? What Employers Can Learn From President’s Illness

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President Donald Trump’s recent hospitalization at the Walter Reed Medical Center has captured the American public’s attention, especially given the potential implications with the election less than a month away. But for...more

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[Webinar] Managing An OSHA Inspection and Serious Workplace Accidents - December 4th, 1:00 pm ET

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Employers have a regulatory duty to promptly report workplace injuries such as employee fatalities, hospitalizations, or amputations to OSHA. Such workplace injuries often lead to OSHA inspections and frequently result in...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

What Not to Do: Construction Contractor Charged With Lying to OSHA

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A construction contractor twice orders, via text message, his employees to work on a roof, and both times the employees fall through. ...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

What’s That Smell? An Examination of Legal Developments Related to Formaldehyde Products

Is that formaldehyde you smell in your newly floored sunroom? Hopefully, it is not. Formaldehyde is a colorless, flammable, strong-smelling chemical used in construction and household products, such as cabinets, furniture,...more

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The Employment Law Authority - January/February 2017

A Moving Target: The Not So Final Overtime Rule - On November 22, 2016, a federal judge for the Eastern District of Texas issued a preliminary injunction temporarily blocking the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) from...more

Cranfill Sumner LLP

“CRASH!” What to Do After a Construction Site Accident

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Unfortunately, construction site accidents are a reality that even the most careful of contractors and subcontractors may encounter. While the time immediately following an accident can be chaotic, keeping a level head and...more

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