News from April 2014
Juvenile Law Center attorney wins child advocacy award from PBA
Juvenile Law CenterThe Pennsylvania Bar Association’s Children’s Rights Committee recently presented its 2014 Child Advocate of the Year Award to Jennifer Pokempner, a supervising attorney at the Juvenile Law Center in Philadelphia.
Jury awards $7.8 million to family of jockey killed on racetrack after horse was spooked by loose chickens
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury last week awarded $7.8 million to
Parents of special needs boy left unattended on school bus sue Chichester School District
The parents of a 10-year-old special needs child claim in a civil suit that the
False arrest suit ends with $75K plaintiff's verdict at Phila. Common Pleas Court
A man who says he was falsely arrested during an encounter at the Eagle’s
Jack Duggan's Pub hit with FLSA, wrongful termination suit
A Delaware County man is suing a Bucks County restaurant over
Phila. judge restores $120 million from tobacco settlement to Pa. that was cut by arbitration panel
The commonwealth will recoup $120 million from the Tobacco Master
Airplane mechanical repair business owner found guilty of conspiracy, fraud for illegally performing airplane inspections
A federal jury in Allentown this week found the proprietor of an airplane
Commonwealth Court upholds Endowment Act relating to Penn State sex-abuse fine; orders university joined as party to litigation
Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court upheld a law passed in the wake of
Judge refuses to revisit case by Phila. club owner challenging license denial
A federal judge has refused to revisit his prior decision denying relief to a
Fired table games supervisor sues SugarHouse Casino over alleged FMLA violations
A former table games supervisor for Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino
Plaintiff seeking $500 million from Comcast for alleged failure to block porn given time to amend complaint
A pro se litigant seeking $500 million from Comcast because the cable
Fired Harley-Davidson employee claims termination was retaliation for sexual harassment complaints
A former employee of Harley-Davidson Motor Co. is suing the York, Pa.
Experienced defamation attorney joins Higher Ed and Commercial Litigation practices at Saul Ewing’s Phila. office
An experienced litigator who has represented media companies in
Phila. Gun Club sues SHARK over campaign of harassment stemming from live pigeon protests
A Pennsylvania sportsman’s organization has filed a federal complaint
U.S. Supreme Court denies certiorari in NSA phone records case brought by Phila. father of slain agency cryptologist
The United States Supreme Court has denied certiorari, or early review, in
Ambulance driver with role in Medicare fraud scheme gets two years in prison
A federal judge last week sentenced a Philadelphia man to two years in
Bucks Co. man injured by table saw files products liability claim against Ryobi
A Pennsylvania man who claims he sustained serious injuries as a result of
Pa. Superior Court: Phila. judge improperly dismissed contract suit against Metro Auto Sales
A three-judge panel of the Pennsylvania Superior Court has reversed a
Indictment unsealed against conspirators in alleged export scheme to Pakistan
An indictment returned by a grand jury earlier this year charging three
Couple sues over fall injuries
A woman and her husband are suing a health care group and a cleaning service after falling in the facility.