PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling which eliminated Gov. Tom Wolf’s unprecedented COVID-19 emergency restrictions, finding the issue to be moot because not only have those restrictions expired in the interim, but voters statewide have also since amended the state constitution to roll back a governor’s range of emergency powers.
PHILADELPHIA – An attorney representing Butler County, a county which contested the legality of Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 emergency measures before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, agrees with a federal judge that state officials should never again enact policies which violate the constitutional rights of Pennsylvanians.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Dana Mining Company of Pennsylvania LLC and Paula Kelly against Brickstreet Mutual Insurance Company and Federal Insurance Company on May 25.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by John F. Goodwin against American States Insurance Company on Nov. 19.
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.
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 – 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.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Ronald Tasker and Roxana Tasker against Andy A. Haddix, Double Z Transportation LLC, Double Z Trucking LLC and Tommie Loudin on Feb. 21.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Patrick Shumar against Cumberland Contura LLC on Jan. 14.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has affirmed the lower court’s dismissal of a case in which a couple accused Equitrans of failing to abide by the terms of an oil and gas lease.
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio-based subcontractor company is suing a Cranberry Township company for failure to uphold agreed-upon terms, namely failure to pay the plaintiff for labor.
An employee of a company that operates a traveling amusement park is suing the buyers and sellers of used amusement rides, alleging injuries suffered while breaking down what he says was a defective ride at the Greene County fairgrounds.
An Allegheny County man is suing an Ohio-based firm doing business in Pennsylvania, alleging bad faith, unfair trade practices, and breach of contract in an automobile accident for which the plaintiff demands full coverage.
