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Phila. jury awards Pa. trooper $700,000 in vehicle accident case
A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jury recently returned a plaintiff’s verdict in favor of -
Gary Lancaster, chief judge of Western District of Pa., dies at 63
The chief judge of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, who -
Phila. Prothonotary Joseph Evers appointed interim court administrator of FJD
Joseph Evers, the prothonotary for the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, has been -
Pa. Supreme Court agrees to hear expedited challenge to state's mandatory judicial retirement age
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear a challenge to the state’s mandatory -
Recycling worker and truck manufacturer reportedly reach $6.5 million settlement in injury case
Attorneys representing a man who sustained serious bodily injuries after being run over -
Two Pa. legislators introduce bills to change mandatory judicial retirement age
Two Pennsylvania legislators are pushing to change a provision in the state constitution -
FJD settles legal malpractice case against local law firm for $4 million
The legal saga between Pennsylvania’s First Judicial District and a local attorney over a -
FMLA covers seeking out daycare for children with Autism, federal judge in Pa. rules
A federal judge sitting in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has sided with the mother -
Two more Pa. judges join suit challenging mandatory judiciary retirement age
Additional Pennsylvania judges have apparently joined in on the litigation challenging the -
Former Cozen O'Connor attorney sentenced to 70 months in federal prison
A Philadelphia attorney who once did work for actor/rapper Will Smith will spend close -
Federal judge: Pa. company cannot mine coal underneath Flight 93 memorial land
A federal judge sitting in western Pennsylvania has upheld the United State’s -
Two of nine criminal charges dismissed against Pa. Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin
A magisterial district judge has dismissed two of the nine criminal counts against -
Former Penn State coach Sandusky convicted of child sex-abuse, likely headed to jail for life
Jerry Sandusky, the former assistant football coach for the Penn State Nittany Lions -
Court of Judicial Discipline yet to resolve suspended Supreme Court Justice Orie Melvin's pay issue
A hearing in Harrisburg on Tuesday before a panel of Pennsylvania’s Court of Judicial -
Former Chester County District Attorney Joseph Carroll joins area law firm
Chester County’s former chief law enforcer is planning to start a new position with an area law firm. -
Suit by insurance company against Penn State will be heard in Phila. court, judge rules
A Pennsylvania judge has granted a motion by Penn State’s insurance company to have its civil case against the university played out in Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court. -
Judge orders City of Phila. to pay $877,000 in legal fees stemming from Boy Scouts discrimination suit
A long-term dispute between the City of Philadelphia and a local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America appears to have reached an end, after a federal judge this week ordered city officials to cough up $877,000 in legal fees for the firm that represented the Scouts in a case relating to eviction from a city-owned property. -
Civil complaints now available electronically at Phila. Court of Common Pleas
Members of the general public are finally able to view online and purchase civil complaints and judgments that have been filed electronically on the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas website, the First Judicial District announced this week. -
Penn State sues insurance carrier over claims stemming from Sandusky sex-abuse case
Pennsylvania State University has filed a lawsuit against its insurance company, claiming the defendant breached its duties when it filed its own civil action against the educational institution late last month seeking a judge’s declaration that the insurer doesn’t have to cover the school in yet another civil suit filed by an alleged victim of accused child molester Jerry Sandusky. -
Quaker City courts have troubled history; some reject 'plaintiff-friendly' criticism
Pennsylvania is known as the Quaker State and Philadelphia as the Quaker City because both were founded by William Penn, who was a member of the Society of Friends - also called Quakers.