PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff accused of physically abusing his mother and facing disciplinary action from the Department of Education, claims his attorney did not properly provide legal representation for him and led his action to be time-barred.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff accused of physically abusing his mother and facing disciplinary action from the Department of Education, claims his attorney did not follow through on legally representing him and led his action to be time-barred.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia law firm and one of its attorneys contends an adversary firm from an underlying action defamed it and abused legal process, through continuing to pursue a worker’s compensation claim despite evidence to the contrary.
A federal appellate panel recently reversed a lower court’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the city of Pittsburgh and its former mayor, Luke Ravenstahl, according to a decision filed on March 31 in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
A motorist is suing the Lackawanna County Sheriff’s Department, Deputy Chas Valenza, Chief Deputy Jim Boland and Lackawanna County for alleged assault and battery.
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County-based contracting firm and its owner have been accused of not completing property rehabilitation work they had been hired to perform by a Philadelphia plaintiff in July of last year.
PHILADELPHIA – Federal appellate judges have dismissed the case of a casino patron who claims he was unlawfully seized without probable cause by Pennsylvania State Police officers in a dispute over $100 which had allegedly been overpaid to the plaintiff.
PHILADELPHIA – A panel of federal appellate court judges dismissed the appeal of a former Drexel University medical student who filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against the academic institution, for lack of jurisdiction and without prejudice.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit agreed with a lower federal court that the Rooker-Feldman doctrine precluded the claims of plaintiffs who believed U.S. Bank breached its mortgage obligations and the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act (FDCPA).
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court affirmed a district court ruling last month, dismissing a plaintiff’s lawsuit against various defendants for alleged constitutional rights violations, state and criminal statutes.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has upheld the trial court dismissal of a Souderton cellular phone repair and recycling company’s claim of unjust enrichment against an insurance agency based in New York City.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court has sent an action revolving around alleged violations of the False Claims Act (FCA) back to its trial court, over that same trial court not considering the Poulis factors before dismissing the case.
PHILADELPHIA – A panel of appellate judges has recently ruled to affirm a trial court’s decisions on the subjects of judgment on the pleadings and a denial of a motion for reconsideration in a legal malpractice litigation.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed the denial of a motion to strike the entry of a Judgment of Non Pros rendered in a legal malpractice action.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court affirmed a trial court ruling stating a former homeowner's constitutional rights were not violated when his residence was sold to other persons through a sheriff's sale auction.
PHILADELPHIA — A consumer is suing a car dealer and a financing company, citing alleged breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation and violation of state and federal law.
A federal appellate court believes, just as a trial court did, that a York man was not prevented from correcting his military service records, denied access to a U.S. Navy building and improperly denied disability benefits, among other claims.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court upheld a trial court ruling to dismiss a Willow Grove woman’s civil rights-based lawsuit centered on the cognitive capacity of her mother on Tuesday.
