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Bobby Watkins’ NFL injury claim transferred from Massachusetts to concussion MDL in Phila.

May 20, 2013 7:45 AM
By Jon Campisi

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 »

Federal Court, Issues, multi-district litigation, negligence, News, Personal Injury

Lawmaker behind bill raising judicial retirement age pleased with measure’s advancement

May 17, 2013 6:46 AM
By Jon Campisi

The 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 »

Court of Common Pleas, Issues, News, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court, Pennsylvania Court of Judicial Discipline, Pennsylvania Superior Court, Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Pa. A.G. Kane, others urge FDA to place black box warning on opioid analgesics

May 16, 2013 7:24 AM
By Jon Campisi

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 »

Attorney General, Issues, News, Product Liability

Experienced Phila. litigator appointed to three-year-term on Pa. Board of Law Examiners

May 16, 2013 7:16 AM
By Jon Campisi

A veteran Philadelphia litigator with substantial experience in commercial and employment disputes, insurance insolvency and receivership law, and complex white collar criminal defense and civil litigation has been appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve out a three-year term … Read More »

Features, Issues, News, Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Ambulance operator who defrauded Medicaid and Medicare of $5.4 million sentenced to 92 months in prison

May 16, 2013 7:13 AM
By Jon Campisi

The so-called leader of a suburban Philadelphia ambulance scam involving healthcare fraud has been sentenced to more than seven-and-a-half years in federal prison. William Hlushmanuk, 35, a city resident, was sentenced on May 14 to 92 months behind bars by … Read More »

Federal Court, Fraud, Issues, News

Federal judge sides with Pa. justices in suspension of indicted Phila. Traffic Court judge

May 15, 2013 9:57 AM
By Jon Campisi

One of the judges snared in a federal investigation into allegations of ticket-fixing at the beleaguered Philadelphia Traffic Court has lost his bid to have his suspension from the bench overturned. U.S. District Judge Anita Brody, sitting in the Eastern … Read More »

corruption, Federal Court, Issues, News, Pennsylvania Supreme Court, Philadelphia Traffic Court

Phila. judge lifts stay on whistleblower suit against charter school under federal investigation

May 15, 2013 9:53 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Philadelphia judge this week vacated a three-year-old order staying a whistleblower suit against a city charter school that is apparently under federal investigation. Court records show that Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro has allowed the … Read More »

Issues, News, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, whistleblower complaint

Bills to eliminate Phila. Traffic Court, raise judicial retirement age voted out of House committee

May 15, 2013 8:58 AM
By Jon Campisi

Three bills that court reformers hail as crucial steps toward improving the judiciary have moved out of a state House committee. Senate Bills 333 and 334, which deal with eliminating the scandal-plagued Philadelphia Traffic Court were voted out of the … Read More »

corruption, Court of Common Pleas, declaratory judgment, discrimination, Features, Issues, News, Philadelphia Traffic Court

Commonwealth Court panel reverses trial court in eminent domain case involving PPL Electric

May 14, 2013 6:55 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Pennsylvania utility has come out on the losing end in the appeals stage of an eminent domain case in which a property owner contended that the defendant improperly attempted to take possession of its land to construct and maintain … Read More »

Court of Common Pleas, eminent domain, Issues, News, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

Former Patriots, Redskins linebacker Timothy Petersen adds name to growing list of NFL concussion plaintiffs

May 14, 2013 6:47 AM
By Jon Campisi

A former NFL linebacker who played the game in the 1970s and ‘80s has become one of the latest retired football players to sue the league over claims that it intentionally misled athletes on the long-term health risks associated with … Read More »

Federal Court, fraudulent concealment, Issues, multi-district litigation, News, Personal Injury