TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER | STAFF WRITER | SCRANTON TIMES A Lackawanna County jury awarded $2.7 million in punitive damages to the estate of a woman who broke her hip in a 2018 fall at a Scranton nursing home. The verdict against Green Ridge Care Center and its corporate parent, Saber Healthcare Group, is in addition to…
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Anzalone Law Offices is proud to announce that Jamie Anzalone, Esq. has recently been granted membership to The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA). Founded in 1958, ABOTA is a national association of experienced trial lawyers and judges. ABOTA and its members are dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the civil jury trial right…
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Lackawanna County Courthouse Kelly Ciravolo and Jamie Anzalone BY JOSEPH KOHUT | STAFF WRITE | Lackawanna County Courthouse | TIMES-TRIBUNE FILE A Lackawanna County jury awarded $300,000 to the estate of a woman whose broken hip from a fall at a Scranton personal care home was exacerbated by the way staff then moved her. A…
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Pennsylvania Association for Justice MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR – PATRICK J. DOYLE, JR., ESQ. By way of order dated August 25, 2022, the late Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Max Baer, leveled the playing field for victims of medical negligence. For two decades, victims of medical negligence were treated differently than…
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Jamie Anzalone, Esq. has prosecuted multiple nursing home neglect cases and commented “We see, unfortunately, that local nursing homes are either understaffed or being staffed incorrectly,” Anzalone said. “When there is not enough of them or they are not skilled enough, injuries occur.” BY TERRIE MORGAN-BESECKER STAFF WRITER | CITIZENS’ VOICE No one paid attention…
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By Ed Lewis (Times Leader) WILKES-BARRE — A Hazle Township former restaurant owner sentenced to three years probation for groping a teenage female employee is the subject of a civil lawsuit filed in Luzerne County Court by the girl. Harry Werkeiser, 69, of state Route 940, Harleigh, hired a then 17-year-old girl to be a…
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All books will be given out free of charge with the kind request that recipients will donate to the Luzerne County Bar Charitable Foundation. If anyone would like a copy please contact Bill at his email. He will be lecturing to young lawyers throughout the country on the book topics with the first lecture at…
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By Ken Levinson This time of year always reminds me of when my three boys were little guys (not sure how I can be old enough that they are all driving!). Hope you are having a great October. Halloween is right around the corner, which means that it’s time for scary movies, pumpkin carving, and…
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By Nicholas Malfitano | Sep 21, 2021 SCRANTON – A woman who alleges she suffered arm and neurological damage during a tenodesis surgery last year has brought a professional liability action against the hospital system through which the procedure was conducted. Dontasia Britt of Kingston first filed suit in the Lackawanna Court of Common Pleas…
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We would like to congratulate, our own, Jamie Anzalone, Esq., on recently being sworn in as the President of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (NEPATLA). The Northeastern PA Trial Lawyers Association, formerly The Committee for Justice for All, is dedicated to upholding and defending the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions; protecting and improving the civil…
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