A plaintiff who claims she fell on a Philadelphia sidewalk in 2012 is seeking to recover $3,000 she asserts the City agreed to pay her in a settlement reached in June.
After a continuance granted last month, counsel for the City of Philadelphia have their opportunity to pursue a motion for sanctions against the plaintiff in a pending negligence litigation.
On Sept. 4, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania denied the appeal made by a Waynesburg couple against a coal company they felt didn’t have the right to construct a new mine under their property.
A defendant facing the levying of an out-of-state judgment in excess of $6,000 has filed a motion to set aside of a writ of execution seeking to enforce that judgment.
An attorney for a motor vehicle accident plaintiff wants final delivery of an agreed-upon settlement to his client, plus payment of interest and counsel fees
An attorney for a defendant in an alleged slip-and-fall accident has filed a motion to change the case’s venue from Philadelphia County to Chester County.
According to a Sept. 4 ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, a company seeking site-specific relief to construct billboard space on property it leases must apply for that relief through the designated township.
In a Sept. 2 ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, a citizen was denied his appeal to obtain state medical board documents from the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR).
Plaintiffs attorneys in a breach of contract action have filed a motion for sanctions, claiming a defendant company failed to abide by the terms of a settlement reached in June.
The result is an improvement from the last version of the survey, though Philadelphia is singled out as one of the worst local jurisdictions for businesses.
Judge Graham Mullen said Garlock Sealing Technologies has adequately stated its RICO claims, but he did not rule on whether they were filed too late. The company is accusing asbestos firms of manipulating a compensation system that includes civil lawsuits and submissions to bankruptcy trusts established by companies.
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled on Thursday that a property-related sheriff’s sale conducted by the City Of Philadelphia to collect nearly a decade’s worth of delinquent taxes was lawful.
