Stories by David Beasley on Pennsylvania Record

PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – A federal appeals court dismissed a plaintiff's claim of breach of contract and breach of fiduciary duty against the attorneys he hired to handle a fraud case, but gave Stephen Nkansah a partial victory by ruling his claim of professional negligence is “sufficient to survive the motion to dismiss.”

Portola Pharmaceuticals Inc. misled investors by exaggerating the potential of a new drug for thrombosis, a class action lawsuit contends.

HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has backed a community’s efforts to secede from its school district and join another one.

HARRISBURG - A state appeals court ruled Feb. 28 against a former assistant high school basketball coach who sued the school system for breach of contract after being fired in 2012.

A federal judge has refused to dismiss a sexual harassment lawsuit against a law firm by a former employee.

A manufacturer of electronic casino games claims in a federal lawsuit suit that its law firm jilted it for a casino.

PITTSBURGH - An “unreasonably dangerous” table saw caused disfiguring injuries to a Pennsylvania man in 2018, according to a lawsuit against the tool’s manufacturer, Black & Decker.

HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania appeals court has reinstated a lawsuit by a woman who claimed she slipped and fell on a produce spill in a grocery store.

A Manhattan law firm has filed a federal lawsuit against its former clients for $551,913.83 in unpaid legal fees and damages.