http://pennrecord.com Pennsylvania's Legal Journal Mon, 20 May 2013 12:54:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://pennrecord.com/news/10120-pa-superior-court-panel-affirms-juvenile-adjudication-in-indecent-exposure-case-despite-wrangling-over-statutes-wording http://pennrecord.com/news/10120-pa-superior-court-panel-affirms-juvenile-adjudication-in-indecent-exposure-case-despite-wrangling-over-statutes-wording#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 12:54:55 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10120 Pa. Superior Court Judge Susan Peikes GantmanA state appellate court panel has upheld a finding of guilt against two western Pennsylvania middle school boys who were adjudicated delinquent in juvenile court following an incident of indecent exposure. In a non-precedential decision filed on May 17, the … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10120-pa-superior-court-panel-affirms-juvenile-adjudication-in-indecent-exposure-case-despite-wrangling-over-statutes-wording/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10115-spector-gadon-rosen-sues-illinois-man-for-nearly-130k-in-allegedly-unpaid-legal-fees http://pennrecord.com/news/10115-spector-gadon-rosen-sues-illinois-man-for-nearly-130k-in-allegedly-unpaid-legal-fees#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 12:51:07 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10115 Daniel DuganA Philadelphia law firm claims in a newly filed civil action that it is owed nearly $130,000 from an Illinois man whom the firm represented in a prior employment matter. Spector, Gadon & Rosen, which is based in downtown Philadelphia, … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10115-spector-gadon-rosen-sues-illinois-man-for-nearly-130k-in-allegedly-unpaid-legal-fees/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10123-crozer-chester-medical-center-faces-slip-and-fall-suit-by-delaware-plaintiff http://pennrecord.com/news/10123-crozer-chester-medical-center-faces-slip-and-fall-suit-by-delaware-plaintiff#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 12:48:52 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10123 Louis T. SilvermanA Delaware woman is suing a southeastern Pennsylvania hospital over an alleged slip- and-fall incident in which she injured her ankle on the medical institution’s premises. Shakeera Anderson, of Claymont, DE, claims in her recently filed civil action that she … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10123-crozer-chester-medical-center-faces-slip-and-fall-suit-by-delaware-plaintiff/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10118-bobby-watkins-nfl-injury-claim-transferred-from-massachusetts-to-concussion-mdl-in-phila http://pennrecord.com/news/10118-bobby-watkins-nfl-injury-claim-transferred-from-massachusetts-to-concussion-mdl-in-phila#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 12:45:15 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10118 Michael B. Leh A personal injury complaint filed in a Massachusetts state court in late March against the NFL by former player Robert “Bobby” Watkins, Jr., and his wife, Rillis M. Watkins, which was subsequently removed to the federal court in that state, … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10118-bobby-watkins-nfl-injury-claim-transferred-from-massachusetts-to-concussion-mdl-in-phila/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10099-merck-co-faces-employment-discharge-complaint-by-former-worker http://pennrecord.com/news/10099-merck-co-faces-employment-discharge-complaint-by-former-worker#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:42 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10099 gavelA former employee of Merck & Co. is suing the drugmaker in federal court over allegations that the defendant committed civil rights violations when it discharged the man after refusing to reassign the plaintiff to a position he had been … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10099-merck-co-faces-employment-discharge-complaint-by-former-worker/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10101-abington-memorial-hospital-sued-by-widower-of-deceased-37-year-old-mother-of-two http://pennrecord.com/news/10101-abington-memorial-hospital-sued-by-widower-of-deceased-37-year-old-mother-of-two#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:55:13 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10101 Aaron J. FreiwaldAbington Memorial Hospital and one of its neurologists have been hit with a wrongful death claim by the widower of a 37-year-old mother of two who died as an alleged result of malpractice. Keith Wood filed suit May 14 on … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10101-abington-memorial-hospital-sued-by-widower-of-deceased-37-year-old-mother-of-two/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10106-u-s-district-judge-denies-prisoners-bid-to-move-forward-with-civil-rights-suit-in-forma-pauperis http://pennrecord.com/news/10106-u-s-district-judge-denies-prisoners-bid-to-move-forward-with-civil-rights-suit-in-forma-pauperis#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:50:33 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10106 U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner A state prison inmate who is incarcerated for murdering a member of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Bloods street gang cannot proceed with his lawsuit in forma pauperis, or without paying the civil filing fee, because past judges have determined … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10106-u-s-district-judge-denies-prisoners-bid-to-move-forward-with-civil-rights-suit-in-forma-pauperis/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10104-state-rep-behind-bill-raising-judicial-retirement-age-pleased-with-measures-advancement http://pennrecord.com/news/10104-state-rep-behind-bill-raising-judicial-retirement-age-pleased-with-measures-advancement#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 11:46:05 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10104 Pa. State Rep. Kate Harper, R-MontgomeryThe suburban Philadelphia lawmaker behind the push to increase the retirement age for state judges appears pleased with the bill’s recent advancement in a legislative committee. State Rep. Kate Harper, a Montgomery County Republican, is sponsoring House Bill 79, which … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10104-state-rep-behind-bill-raising-judicial-retirement-age-pleased-with-measures-advancement/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10081-pa-a-g-kane-others-urge-fda-to-place-black-box-warning-on-opioid-analgesics http://pennrecord.com/news/10081-pa-a-g-kane-others-urge-fda-to-place-black-box-warning-on-opioid-analgesics#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 12:24:23 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10081 Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane Pennsylvania’s top law enforcer was one of among 42 state attorneys general from across the country this week who urged the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to place a black box warning on opioid analgesics to note the risk of … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10081-pa-a-g-kane-others-urge-fda-to-place-black-box-warning-on-opioid-analgesics/feed 0 http://pennrecord.com/news/10091-judge-vacates-award-of-costs-in-police-shooting-death-case-that-ended-in-defense-jury-verdict http://pennrecord.com/news/10091-judge-vacates-award-of-costs-in-police-shooting-death-case-that-ended-in-defense-jury-verdict#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 12:22:33 +0000 Jon Campisi http://pennrecord.com/?p=10091 U.S. District Judge R. Barclay SurrickA federal judge has vacated an earlier decision to award costs to two Bucks County police departments and various officials who won a case in which they were sued by the parents of a 21-year-old man who was shot and … Read More »]]> http://pennrecord.com/news/10091-judge-vacates-award-of-costs-in-police-shooting-death-case-that-ended-in-defense-jury-verdict/feed 0