Three of Pennsylvania’s former chief executives took part in a conference call with reporters on Monday to discuss their collective support for a move toward judicial merit selection.
Two of the defendants caught up in the Philadelphia Traffic Court scandal involving alleged “ticket-fixing” scheme have pleaded guilty, the first two to do so since the federal government unsealed indictments in the scandal late last month.
A man who was formerly employed by Philadelphia’s Parks and Recreation Department has filed a federal civil rights suit against the city and various other individuals over claims that he was denied the ability to return to his job after his resignation because he previously had sued the city over allegations similar to those in the present action.
Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin will not resign her position pending the outcome of her criminal charges on public corruption accusations, her defense attorney told a Pittsburgh newspaper last week.
A western Pennsylvania man has filed a pharmaceutical mass tort claim against the makers of the diabetes drug Actos, alleging the product’s use led to him developing bladder cancer.
A state appellate court has upheld a ruling by a trial court that awarded a Pennsylvania divorcee the frozen embryos that were created through an in vitro fertilization procedure before she and her husband split.
A federal judge has agreed to dismiss punitive damages claims against a motorist and a car dealership who were sued over allegations that the man’s use of a cell phone while driving constituted a reckless act and caused injury to the plaintiff.
One of three codefendants set to go on trial in a landmark case involving sex-abuse allegations against current and former members of the Catholic Church abruptly decided to plead guilty to charges he was facing in the case.
When two Luzerne County judges were sent to prison last year for a combined total of nearly five decades stemming from their respective roles in a judicial scandal that came to be known as “Kids for Cash,” some observers lost their faith in Pennsylvania jurisprudence.
