PITTSBURGH – A federal judge in Pittsburgh has denied an attempt by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign to overcome state laws governing mail-in voting, ballot signatures and election poll watchers, ruling it had not proved allegations of potential voter fraud statewide.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh restaurant has sued Allegheny County and its Health Department for its enforcement of the emergency orders associated with the coronavirus pandemic, arguing it has been damaged by the allegedly-unconstitutional decrees.
ERIE – A group of Conneaut Area Senior High School students and their parents who filed an injunction to reverse an order reducing the number of student golfers permitted to compete in a state tournament due to concerns connected to the coronavirus pandemic, have lost their attempt at receiving such injunctive relief.
HARRISBURG – A Republican lawmaker has authored a resolution calling for the impeachment of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Justice David N. Wecht, alleging that the judge is guilty of “misbehavior in office.”
HARRISBURG – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has stayed a lower court’s ruling declaring Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus emergency measures unconstitutional while the appeal process continues, thereby keeping restrictions on crowd sizes relating to the pandemic in place.
HARRISBURG – In a first-ever repudiation of policies taken by top state officials to protect the public during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge has declared parts of Gov. Tom Wolf’s virus prevention strategies to be unconstitutional.
PHILADELPHIA – A sports facility in Chester County believes that physical loss is distinct from physical damage, and thus rejects the argument from its insurer that since it did not sustain physical damage loss in the coronavirus pandemic, it should not receive business interruption coverage.
PITTSBURGH – A server has objected to the amended claims of defamation and tortious interference her former restaurant leveled against her, saying proper information and substantive proof behind her ex-employer’s claims is lacking.
PITTSBURGH – A busing contract negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a Western Pennsylvania school district and a transportation company going to state court to resolve the dispute.
ALLENTOWN – A federal lawsuit from Pennsylvania’s Libertarian, Constitution and Green parties arguing that the state requirements for collecting in-person signatures to qualify for a general election ballot are unconstitutional in light of the coronavirus pandemic has been discontinued.
PHILADELPHIA – Libertarians haven’t found a sympathetic ear at the Third Circuit, which has ruled against them in their challenge to Pennsylvania’s signature-gathering rules.
ALLENTOWN – The federal judge who rejected a challenge by smaller political parties shouldn’t second-guess himself during an appeal, lawyers for Gov. Tom Wolf are arguing.
PHILADELPHIA – The insurer for a sports facility in Chester County believes that since it did not sustain physical damage loss in its mandated closures due to the coronavirus pandemic, it should not receive business interruption coverage.
PITTSBURGH – A former server at a Monroeville restaurant has hit back at her former place of business, charging their defamation case against her has no basis to include counts for both punitive damages and tortious interference.
ALLENTOWN – A new federal lawsuit from Pennsylvania’s Libertarian, Constitution and Green parties argues the state requirements for collecting in-person signatures to qualify for a general election ballot are unconstitutional in light of the coronavirus pandemic, but a federal judge has denied their request for a restraining order.
HARRISBURG – With a growing number of lawsuits being filed against businesses statewide as the coronavirus pandemic continues, voices in the capital grow louder for Gov. Tom Wolf and the General Assembly to institute more broad-based liability protections for companies.
PHILADELPHIA – Underwriters from the Lloyd’s of London insurance company are looking to shut down class action litigation brought by the Independence Beer Garden in Philadelphia, saying policy exclusions precluded the plaintiff from receiving its business interruption coverage during the coronavirus pandemic.
HARRISBURG – A 5-2 majority of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently ruled that a joint resolution from state lawmakers to end the emergency declaration put in place by Gov. Tom Wolf in response to the coronavirus pandemic was null and void, since it had not been reviewed by Wolf for either his approval or veto.
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville restaurant has filed a lawsuit against one of its former servers charging her with defamation, after her firing led her to allegedly begin a campaign of harming the reputation of the restaurant and its management.
PITTSBURGH – A group of construction companies is suing Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, contending that state authorities enforcing shutdown orders for the coronavirus pandemic have deprived it of due process.
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