PHILADELPHIA – Due to irreconcilable differences, a local judge has permitted plaintiff counsel to exit a lawsuit stemming from a sidewalk fall in South Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit recently released an opinion shooting down several challenges filed against environmental permits and authorizations that were granted by environmental regulatory agencies in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, but the court had to defend why it was ruling on the cases in the first place.
PHILADELPHIA – Defense objections have been officially overruled in a case in which a King of Prussia man was injured by gunfire in a lovers quarrel outside a bar in Landsdowne.
HARRISBURG – Provisions in Pennsylvania's new budget will make Delaware the odd state out when it comes to notifying property owners prior to the Department of Treasury taking over unclaimed property, an administrative law attorney said during a recent interview.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff’s attorney says irreconcilable differences with his client are the key factor behind his decision to withdraw from that client’s accident litigation.
PHILADELPHIA – After a continuance, a hearing took place this week to decide the result of several preliminary objections at issue in the personal injury lawsuit filed by a King of Prussia man who was seriously injured by gunfire outside a Landsdowne bar.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff attorney chose to rescind a settlement enforcement motion, in the case surrounding a North Philadelphia car accident which took place nearly three years ago.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for a pair of defendants in a serious motor vehicle accident has elected to withdraw a settlement enforcement motion, approximately three months after filing it.
PITTSBURGH – A class action lawsuit filed against REA Energy Cooperative Inc. by current and former members seeking the retirement of $53 million in allocated patronage capital will remain in federal court after the U.S. District Court for the Western District of
Pennsylvania dismissed a motion by the plaintiffs to send the matter back to state court.
PHILADELPHIA – In a recent judicial order, U.S. District Court Judge Paul S. Diamond found parties representing and funding the pursuit of a Liberian multimillion-dollar insurance judgment in contempt of a federal court order.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will consider on an emergency basis a lawsuit challenging the language to be used in a ballot question regarding the mandatory retirement age for judges in the state.
A recently enacted amendment to the city’s Fair Practices Ordinance makes it illegal for employers in Philadelphia to ask for, obtain or use credit-related information when considering whether to hire an applicant for many non-managerial positions.
Minor league professional baseball players in several states, including Pennsylvania, lost their bid for certification of a class in an attempt to seek compensation for baseball-related activities performed outside of the regular season.
WILMINGTON – The University of Pennsylvania has initiated a federal lawsuit with a California-based biotechnology company, over breach of contract claims tied to a licensing agreement and unpaid royalties.
CHAMBERSBURG — With more employers using contingent workers, including temporary and part-time staff, a new labor relations decision broadens a collective bargaining rule that makes it easier for these increasingly common alternative workforces to organize.
PHILADELPHIA – An elevator fall injury case against Best Western International, Inc. (BWI) has been tentatively listed for trial in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, mere weeks after a $95,000 default judgment against the hotel company was struck down.
PHILADELPHIA – A personal injury lawsuit revolving around a teenager’s accidental drowning at a Harrisburg apartment complex has been settled in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – All proceedings in a matter concerning a plaintiff paralyzed as a result of driving while intoxicated after leaving a West Chester pub have been stayed until early September, pending the litigant’s procurement of new counsel.
NEW ORLEANS – As more and more cases continue to be filed by plaintiffs and their counsel against the manufacturers of the blood thinner Xarelto, these litigants are looking towards the horizon of bellwether cases in this matter to be heard next year.
PHILADELPHIA – A civil lawsuit from a Harrisburg parent and her minor son resulting from allegations of negligence and sexual abuse at a YMCA summer camp, is being transferred to the York County Court of Common Pleas.
