A federal judge sitting in Philadelphia earlier this month remanded back to state court the case of a woman who filed a lawsuit against a local radio personality for allegedly falsely saying on air that the plaintiff had participated in a fight at her own daughter’s school, a claim that caused the plaintiff to allegedly receive death threats and other hardships.
A resolution passed by the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in January declaring 2012 the “Year of the Bible” has drawn criticism from separation-of-church-and-state proponents.
WASHINGTON – Philadelphia's civil courts system has been named the nation's worst by the American Tort Reform Foundation for a second consecutive year.
An Ohio steel products company that claims it got stuck with an outstanding bill after a contractor it employed for a job went bankrupt, has filed a federal complaint against a Philadelphia law firm whose services the plaintiff initially retained in order to recoup the money it was owed by the now-defunct company.
As president of the central Pennsylvania chapter of Firearms Owners Against Crime, Timothy Havener has the time to fight illegal gun ordinances throughout the commonwealth.
Mitzie Clarke, who previously got her job back in a successful wrongful termination suit against Piedmont Airlines, has sued the airline once again. This time, the baggage handler claims she was terminated because of her extended medical leave.
Two New Jersey women who claim they were terminated from their respective positions as advertising sales representatives for a greater Philadelphia area newspaper chain are suing the company, alleging their firings were age-related.
A Philadelphia woman who slipped and fell on a puddle of water inside a city grocery store is suing the business and others for injuries she sustained because of the accident.
A Philadelphia diner is being sued by a former patron who alleges she sustained throat lacerations after choking on a piece of plastic that had been cooked into her meal.
Two out-of-state women are suing the makers of Yaz for side effects they contend were the result of ingesting the birth control pill, injuries that led to major surgery in both cases.
WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - Six jurisdictions have been labeled by the American Tort Reform Association as "judicial hellholes" this year, with Philadelphia garnering the most criticism.
