First-Impression Ruling on Elder Abuse Reporters’ Testimony Stands
21 Apr 2017
Media Mention
Legal Intelligencer The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a Lancaster County trial judge’s decision allowing Wilkes & McHugh to depose, under seal, an employee of a nursing home...
Complaints to Arizona’s Adult Protective Services rarely substantiated
18 Mar 2017
Media Mention
Arizona Daily Star The Arizona Daily Star found the state’s Adult Protective Services (APS) investigated and closed out 21,602 allegations of neglect, abuse and exploitation of vulnerable adults,...
W&M wins 2nd place in 5K
11 Mar 2017
Nonprofit News
Wilkes & McHugh was proud to be a Big Kahuna sponsor for the Hillsborough County Bar Association’s annual 5K Pro Bono River Run and Judicial Pig...
Philly courts bar cellphones, hoping to curb witness intimidation
23 Feb 2017
Media Mention
Philly.com Pennsylvania attorney Lorraine Donnelly spent 10 years as an assistant district attorney in Philadelphia before bringing her considerable talent to Wilkes & McHugh. Given...
Kentucky Nursing Home Arbitration Decision Could Have Wider Application
23 Feb 2017
Media Mention
Bloomberg BNA Lexington attorney Rob Salyer argued a nursing home arbitration case before the U.S. Supreme Court this week where he addressed specifically the commonwealth...
Lawsuit filed in power-line electrocution of bicyclist on Courtney Campbell
22 Feb 2017
Media Mention
TBO.com Wilkes & McHugh filed a lawsuit against a local energy company and its affiliates over the electrocution death of a Tampa man last summer...
Justices Mull Kentucky Arbitration Rule In Wrongful Death Case
22 Feb 2017
Media Mention
Law 360 W&M attorney Rob Salyer argued before the U.S. Supreme Court over the issue of arbitration agreements in Kentucky. The state’s rule and its...
Lawsuit filed over electrocution death of hero wildlife officer
17 Feb 2017
Press Release
TAMPA, FL – The family of a man killed last summer after his bicycle came in contact with a live power line that had been...
Supreme Court’s arbitration decision could pose threat to SNF industry, insiders say
10 Feb 2017
Media Mention
McKnight’s Long-Term Care News & Assisted Living A Wilkes & McHugh nursing home arbitration lawsuit is scheduled to be argued before the Supreme Court of...