PHILADELPHIA – Defense motions for summary judgment and withdrawal of appearance are currently being considered by the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas in a severe motor vehicle accident collision case which took place in 2013.
PHILADELPHIA – Plaintiff counsel who had once looked to leave a slip-and-fall litigation recently filed paperwork to rescind that initial withdrawal request from the case.
WASHINGTON – Dissent in a capital murder case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that prosecutors can't judge actions they've prosecuted, is as instructive as the majority ruling, an expert in said during a recent interview.
PHILADELPHIA – On June 7, a Washington, D.C.-based consumer financial agency has filed a petition to enforce a civil investigative demand against J.G. Wentworth
PHILADELPHIA – A per curiam decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit resulted in the Rooker-Feldman doctrine precluding a Scranton appellant’s claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 against a Lackawanna County judge.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court recently affirmed a ruling in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to dismiss an appeal from a pair of plaintiffs in U.S. Bankruptcy Court.
PHILADELPHIA – On May 5, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a trial court verdict which dismissed claims filed under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act, and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims.
PHILADELPHIA – Defense counsel in a motor vehicle accident case filed in Philadelphia is seeking to transfer that litigation to the Chester County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit between two companies involving allegations of breach of a non-disclosure agreement, fraud misappropriation and copyright infringement will not be returning to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – Per a recent decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a civil lawsuit filed against the Domestic Relations Compliance Unit of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas remains dismissed.
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania plaintiff’s complaint against New Jersey Transit and one of its bus drivers was recently dismissed without prejudice from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, in order to allow future re-filing in a more “appropriate forum.”
PHILADELPHIA – Citing irreconcilable differences, a plaintiff attorney involved with an alleged false arrest case is seeking to exit the lawsuit connected with that incident.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently announced it upheld a trial court verdict of denial in the case of a woman who was seeking disability insurance benefits.
PHILADELPHIA – Due to differing views as to the pursuit of a negligence-related fatal car crash lawsuit, plaintiff counsel has chosen to withdraw from the litigation.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled in agreement with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, in dismissing the complaint of a senior citizen alleging abuse and harassment against his residence’s management, and preventing its further amendment.
PHILADELPHIA – One attorney for a plaintiff in a South Philadelphia slip-and-fall lawsuit is choosing to withdraw from the litigation, citing “irreconcilable differences” with his client
PHILADELPHIA – The matter of venue in a Norristown-based premises liability action will not be decided until late next month, per a continuance granted by a Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas judge.
A lawsuit involving Allentown’s Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom water park and its contractors against a man whose leg was crushed and amputated in an accident is headed to Lehigh County court, and has been consolidated with a related action.
