After securing an order from the trial court on November 19, 2015 compelling The Pennsylvania State University to permit its Trustees to access source materials relating to the Freeh Report, the seven alumni-elected Trustees who petitioned for access to the material were successful this week […] READ MORE
Dan Brier has been invited into the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. Academy membership in the United States is limited to 500 Fellows under the age of 70. Trial Attorneys are admitted to Fellowship in the Academy upon a showing that they possess the following […] READ MORE
An article written by MBK Law partners Donna Walsh and Pat Casey recently appeared in the Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers December 2016 publication For the Defense. Titled Immunity: An Overview, this article summarizes the origins of and statutory bases for immunity, describes the […] READ MORE
Frank J. Brier has become a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation. Established in 1955, The Fellows is an honorary organization of attorneys, judges, law faculty, and legal scholars who have been elected by their peers because of their outstanding achievements in the legal profession. […] READ MORE
On February 26, 2016, Judge Chensey of the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that the discretionary function exception did not bar certain negligence claims asserted against the United States stemming from an outbreak of Hantavirus at Yosemite National Park […] READ MORE
On December 30, 2015, MBK successfully obtained dismissal of a lawsuit brought by a former patient. In Sorensen v. Geisinger Wyoming Valley Med. Cntr., (No. 8813 of 2011) the Court granted MBK’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the professional liability lawsuit with prejudice. Following […] READ MORE
In a much anticipated ruling, specially-appointed Judge Daniel Howsare granted the Petition to compel access to Freeh Report source materials filed by seven Alumni-Elected Trustees of the Pennsylvania State University. MBK filed the Petition on behalf of the Alumni-Elected Trustees after Penn State refused to […] READ MORE
On September 21, 2015, MBK Partner Patrick A. Casey entered his appearance in the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas on behalf of State Representative Vanessa Lowery Brown. Representative Brown has entered a not guilty plea, and the matter is scheduled for a December trial. […] READ MORE
MBK successfully secured the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by an elevator maintenance company. In Schindler Elevator v. Lackawanna County, NO: 12-CV-2325, the Court granted MBK’s motion for summary judgment and dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice. The Court rejected the elevator company’s argument that Lackawanna […] READ MORE
On behalf of their clients, seven Trustees elected by the Penn State Alumni, MBK filed a comprehensive response to Penn State’s continued refusal to permit them to inspect the source material used to create the Freeh Report. In the June 22, 2015 filing in the […] READ MORE