Maraleen Shields Receives PBA President’s Award
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba is pleased to announce that Maraleen D. Shields has been selected to receive a Pennsylvania Bar Association (PBA) President’s Award. Shields was chosen by outgoing PBA President, Sharon R. López, for her “dedication and commitment to the PBA Blue Ribbon Panel on Membership Engagement for Millennials, Minorities and Mothers.” Ms. Shields […]
The Legal Brief with FLB Podcast – Episode 1: Medical Staff Hearings
The Legal Brief with FLB is a podcast designed to bring you insights from attorneys into the various legal challenges facing businesses, non profit organizations, healthcare providers and personal clients. Each month, our attorneys will provide insights into these challenges, along with tips and guidance on how to meet them. In the inaugural episode, Healthcare […]
Pennsylvania Superior Court Clarifies Fiduciary Duty of Members in LLCs
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba represents Retina Associates of Greater Philadelphia and its two physician/owners in a suit against Mid-Atlantic Retina and its physician/owners in a dispute relating to a limited liability company (“LLC”) through which the physicians provided retina services at Wills Eye Hospital. The suit contends that the defendants breached a fiduciary owed to […]
Dragonetti Act Claims Against Attorneys Withstand Constitutional Challenge…For Now
A 5-2 Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision (Villani v. Seibert) overturned a ruling from Chester County Court of Common Pleas Judge Edward Griffith granting preliminary objections to a Dragonetti Act complaint on the basis that the claim violated the Pennsylvania Constitution. Judge Saylor wrote for the majority with Justices Baer, Todd, Dougherty, Mundy joining. The underlying […]
United States Supreme Court Upholds Nursing Home Arbitration Agreement
Nursing home arbitration agreements remain the subject of scrutiny here in Pennsylvania and beyond. A recent challenge to a Kentucky arbitration agreement recently made its way to the Supreme Court of the United States (Kindred Nursing Centers, L.P. v. Clark). The underlying case involves two families, two different power of attorney agreements, and two identical nursing […]
FLB Attorneys Recognized as Local Legal Leaders by Lehigh Valley Magazine
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C. is pleased to announce that all 32 attorneys at the Firm have been named Local Legal Leaders by Lehigh Valley Magazine.
Increased Nursing Home Scrutiny on the Horizon
Consult experienced healthcare counsel to help navigate your nursing care facility through the licensure and survey process and prevent and manage risk.
So You Want to Prescribe Medical Marijuana? What Every Physician Needs to Know
Because there is much to be learned about the impact of the Pennsylvania medical marijuana law, physicians must tread carefully.
Fetal Pain and Suffering: The New Frontier of Medical Malpractice Damages
The news should be heartening: medical malpractice verdicts have hit a 15-year low[1]. In 2015, 101 medical malpractice cases were tried to jury verdict. By contrast, an average of 326 cases went to jury verdict from January 2000 to July 2003. In 2015, new medical malpractice case filings dropped 44 percent from the 2000 to […]
7 FLB Attorneys Selected for Super Lawyers Lists
Fitzpatrick Lentz & Bubba, P.C. is pleased to announce seven attorneys have been recognized on the Pennsylvania Super Lawyers and Rising Stars lists.