SCRANTON – A prominent Pennsylvania businessman has sued his former wife for defamation of character in state court, claiming she falsely accused him of illegal drug use, drug addiction and sex addiction, harming his personal and professional reputation in the process.
WILKES-BARRE – A state court judge cited Pennsylvania’s Right To Farm Act (RTFA) in recently dismissing a case from neighbors who filed a lawsuit over the use of liquid swine manure as part of the defendants' farming operations.
SCRANTON – A man severely burned in a propane-fueled grill explosion last summer has initiated legal action against the individuals and companies he believes are liable for causing the accident.
HARRISBURG – The doctrine of nullum tempus occurrit regi, translated literally as “time does not run against the king,” was recently invoked by the state Commonwealth Court in the case of Township of Salem v. Miller Penn Development, LLC.
INDIANAPOLIS - An Indiana federal judge could have drastically changed the economics of collegiate athletics if he'd sided with three University of Pennsylvania athletes, a North Carolina attorney says, but instead he ruled they are not employees of the university.
WASHINGTON – The United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced Tuesday it filed its first federal sex discrimination lawsuits based on sexual orientation.
After the completion of an Oct. 9 hearing on settlement enforcement for plaintiffs injured in a car crash on I-76 in Philadelphia, another hearing on the subject has been set to continue those proceedings.
PHILADELPHIA – The attorney for plaintiffs injured in a car crash on I-76 in Philadelphia are seeking to enforce the terms of a prior settlement reached with the case’s defendants. On Aug. 10, Theodore C.