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Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP — First-Party Liability Insurance
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February 2018 Legal Perspectives "What's Mine Is Yours And What's Yours Is Mine… Until Divorce Do Us Part"
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November 2017 Legal Perspectives “Let’s Get ‘Write’ to It”
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Common Law Marriage in Pennsylvania
Like most things in the law, common law marriage is often confusing and misunderstood. For most people, the term conjures up images of a couple that has lived together for an extended period of time. However, the more widely accepted legal view is that common law marriage is an informal marriage that is not effectuate...
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The Effects of Same Sex Marriage on Estate Planning
Last year, the ban on same sex marriages in Pennsylvania was lifted with the U.S. District Court’s decision in Whitehead v. Wolf . In June, 2015, the United States Supreme Court lifted this ban for the rest of the nation in its 5-4 decision in Obergefell v. Hodges . So, what does this mean for same sex married couples...
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I just received a notice of an impairment rating evaluation. Will my benefits stop?
Clients often ask whether a workers’ compensation insurance company, which is paying workers’ compensation benefits, could potentially simply stop paying those benefits at any given time. Fortunately for an injured worker, the simple answer is no. In Pennsylvania, there are only a few ways that a workers’ compensation...
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