PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has chosen to remand a Glenolden man’s negligence, products liability and breach of warranty action to state court, due to several of the defendants not filing their own consents for removal of the action to federal court.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge ruled the claims of a man who allegedly suffered cardiovascular injuries from taking a diabetic drug have the opportunity to be barred by a three-year statute of limitations.
HARRISBURG – The state Legislature will need to walk a fine line in a controversial measure that would have more police officers wear body cams but would sharply reduce public access to the resulting video, a government transparency expert says.
PHILADELPHIA – According to a panel of federal appellate judges, an Allentown woman’s motion for post-judgment relief in a libel case brought against The Morning Call newspaper, its parent company and several of its personnel did not present a substantial question.
PITTSBURGH — Two building design firms have filed a class-action lawsuit against a builder for allegedly using their copyrighted designs without permission.
PHILADELPHIA – Recently, the United States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit made a surprising decision to decertify a class action lawsuit regarding the drug Modafinil.
PHILADELPHIA – Defense counsel representing a pair of drivers and their place of employment in a motor vehicle accident case has successfully petitioned to strike punitive damages through preliminary objections, but lost out in court on other objections related to improper venue and insufficient pleading of charges.
PHILADELPHIA — A man is suing credit reporting agencies TransUnion LLC and Equifax Information Services LLC and debt collector Account Resolution Services LLC, citing alleged misrepresentation in debt collection.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear a workers' compensation case to decide if a franchisor is liable as a statutory employer for injuries sustained by a franchisee employee.
PHILADELPHIA – Defense counsel has added a Doylestown landscaping company to a slip-and-fall lawsuit emanating from Huntingdon Valley, who has approximately three weeks to respond to that legal action.
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.
HARRISBURG — A building design firm is suing Lion Enterprises, Inc., Bastian Homes Ltd. and Eugene J. Bastian, home advertisers, builders and sellers, citing alleged copyright infringement.
HARRISBURG — A recent decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that forces the state Public Utility Commission to release documents after a nearly three-year battle was not only correct, but also will hopefully make other agencies more likely to release documents without a court battle, the former executive director of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records said.
Defense counsel objections in a slip-and-fall lawsuit occurring in Huntingdon Valley have been overruled in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Nationwide Property & Casualty Insurance Company is not required to defend policyholders in litigation over an insurance contract dispute.
PHILADELPHIA – Defense counsel in a slip-and-fall lawsuit emanating from Huntingdon Valley has objected to the case being heard in Philadelphia County, saying the case has no connection to that jurisdiction.
PHILADELPHIA—In order to prevail in its recently filed trademark infringement case, California winery Wilson’s Vineyards will have to prove that there’s a likelihood consumers would confuse it with Pennsylvania-based Wilson’s Vineyard.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently took a step toward changing regulations regarding surface activity for oil and gas wells.
