ALLENTOWN – Pennsylvania’s governor and other state officials believe three political parties’ lawsuit to waive the usual requirements of signature collection to get onto the general election ballot is groundless and should be dismissed.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has ordered an expedient hearing for a complaint brought by 17 plaintiffs, including four Pennsylvania counties and four members of the state House of Representatives, seeking declaratory judgments that their constitutional rights were violated by Gov. Tom Wolf’s business shutdown orders in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
HARRISBURG – Leaders of multiple entities representing legal reform, business and health care interests statewide are pushing for the provision of safe harbor professional liability protections from the state to individuals and businesses responding to the coronavirus pandemic, in order for the state economy to quicken its recovery once the state re-opens.
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.
PHILADELPHIA – A local beer garden has launched class action litigation against the Lloyd’s of London insurance company for failing to provide it with business interruption coverage during the coronavirus pandemic.
HARRISBURG – Seventeen plaintiffs, including four Pennsylvania counties and four members of the state House of Representatives, are seeking declaratory judgments that their constitutional rights were violated by Gov. Tom Wolf’s business shutdown orders in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has denied a petition for extraordinary relief from a restaurant taking action against its insurer for allegedly not covering losses sustained during the coronavirus quarantine.
HARRISBURG – Following the example of more than a dozen other states, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed an executive order on Wednesday granting civil immunity from liability to health care providers taking good faith actions in responding to the coronavirus pandemic.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from plaintiffs who claimed Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order to close down non-life-sustaining businesses was an overreach of executive power and an unlawful infringement of their constitutional rights.
HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf says his executive order to close down non-life-sustaining businesses was lawful and that a wave of new coronavirus infections among the public may be in the cards, if the U.S. Supreme Court decides to support a challenge to his order.
PHILADELPHIA – A sports facility in Chester County that has laid off around 30 workers joins the growing legion of businesses pursuing legal action against their insurance companies for allegedly not providing it business interruption coverage during closures connected to the coronavirus.
HARRISBURG – A restaurant taking action against its insurer for allegedly not covering losses sustained during the coronavirus quarantine has filed an emergency petition seeking the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to take the case.
JOHNSTOWN – A Western Pennsylvania group of medical centers has filed a class action lawsuit against Travelers Insurance Company, alleging the insurer has not covered losses incurred by the center and other businesses like it during the coronavirus pandemic.
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania federal judge recently opted not to transfer a possible class action securities fraud lawsuit to a Texas court, ruling it and another action seeking to be joined with it were not so similar as to be duplicative.
HARRISBURG – An attorney for plaintiffs who recently lost their challenge of Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order which mandated “non-life sustaining” businesses shut down during the coronavirus quarantine, says the state Supreme Court erred in its decision-making and further legal action to the U.S. Supreme Court is in the works.
PHILADELPHIA – Despite the recent stall of a proposal to extend legal immunity to health care providers and their staff providing critical care in response to the coronavirus, trade organizations continue to support such a move for Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – Citing its King’s Bench jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently threw out an extraordinary relief petition that looked to nullify Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order that shut down “non-life sustaining” businesses from operating during quarantine from the coronavirus.
PITTSBURGH – An insurance company is now the defendant in two separate lawsuits, one of them a class action, alleging they are not covering losses sustained by a number of its policyholder restaurants during quarantine from the coronavirus.
HARRISBURG – One possible outcome of Pennsylvania’s new legislation designed to defend citizens from unwanted solicitation calls is a boost to lawyers who bring cases under the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
