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Disability Rights Pennsylvania files suit against Philadelphia over requested documents
READING – A nonprofit alleges the city of Philadelphia failed to timely provide documents it requested. -
Insurer pays $40K for dog bite claim
LANCASTER – A child who suffered facial injuries after being bitten by a dog has been issued a settlement of nearly $40,000. -
Court affirms decision of denial of ManorCare's invoice exception request
HARRISBURG – In a decision filed May 26, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed a decision denying a health care company an invoice reception request. -
Joke GoFundMe page seeks donations for well-heeled city lawyer
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia lawyer, who is part of the Democratic City Committee and is set to retire soon, sets up a GoFundMe page as a joke. -
Altoona personal care home not liable for resident's off-site death caused by drunk driver
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania recently affirmed a Blair County court ruling that an Altoona personal care home was not negligent in allowing a resident of the home to leave the premises of his own free will before he was killed by a drunk driver while walking through an intersection in 2010. -
Philadelphia DHS accused of not properly screening foster parents
PHILADELPHIA -- Two sisters who allegedly were sexually molested by their foster father filed suit against the agencies and individuals who placed them into the foster home, and later recommended the girls be adopted by the foster parents. -
Delco Judge Patricia Jenkins confirmed to Pa. Superior Court
A trial judge from suburban Philadelphia was unanimously confirmed by -
Corbett nominates Delco Common Pleas Court judge to Pa. Superior Court
A Pennsylvania jurist with 20 years worth of judicial service under her belt -
Victim in Tacony 'dungeon' case files suit against Phila., city workers and captor
One of the alleged victims of Linda Ann Weston, the woman who made headlines last fall for -
City petitions to have suit against DHS removed to federal court
Attorneys for the City of Philadelphia have petitioned the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to transfer a lawsuit filed against the city’s Department of Human Services from state court to the federal venue, arguing that the civil rights violations alleged in the lawsuit must be heard out in a federal jurisdiction.