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Dauphin County judge appointed to Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness

May 21, 2013 8:27 AM
By Jon Campisi

A trial judge from the Harrisburg area has been appointed by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to serve out a year-and-a-half term on the state’s Interbranch Commission for Gender, Racial and Ethnic Fairness. In a per curiam order docketed on May … Read More »

Features, Issues, News, Pennsylvania Supreme Court

N.J. commercial trucking co. facing vehicle injury suit by Phila. couple seeks venue transfer

May 21, 2013 7:05 AM
By Jon Campisi

A New Jersey-based commercial trucking company is seeking to transfer a personal injury suit arising out of a motor vehicle accident in New England in late 2011 from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to the U.S. District Court for … Read More »

Federal Court, motor vehicle accident, negligence, News, Personal Injury, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Fired school police officer files federal suit against Phila. School Dist.

May 21, 2013 7:02 AM
By Jon Campisi

A former school police officer is suing the School District of Philadelphia over allegations that his employment was terminated in retaliation for his requesting special accommodations relating to his cancer. Robert A. Garner, who resides in Philadelphia, is seeking more … Read More »

Americans with Disabilities Act, Federal Court, News, Retaliatory Discharge, wrongful termination

Pa. Superior Court panel affirms juvenile adjudication in indecent exposure case despite wrangling over statute’s wording

May 20, 2013 7:54 AM
By Jon Campisi

A 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 In a non-precedential decision filed on May 17, the … Read More »

Court of Common Pleas, indecent exposure, Juvenile Court, News, Pennsylvania Superior Court

Spector, Gadon & Rosen sues Illinois man for nearly $130k in allegedly unpaid legal fees

May 20, 2013 7:51 AM
By Jon Campisi

A 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 »

Breach of Contract, Federal Court, News

Crozer-Chester Medical Center faces slip-and-fall suit by Delaware plaintiff

May 20, 2013 7:48 AM
By Jon Campisi

A 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 »

Federal Court, News, Personal Injury, Premises Liability

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

Merck & Co. faces employment discharge complaint by former worker

May 17, 2013 7:00 AM
By Jon Campisi

A 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 »

civil rights, Federal Court, News, wrongful termination

Abington Memorial Hospital sued by widower of deceased 37-year-old mother of two

May 17, 2013 6:55 AM
By Jon Campisi

Abington 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 »

Federal Court, Medical Malpractice, News, wrongful death

U.S. District Judge denies prisoner’s bid to move forward with civil rights suit ‘in forma pauperis’

May 17, 2013 6:50 AM
By Jon Campisi

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 »

civil rights, Federal Court, News