The attorney who worked for the Barnes Foundation during its contested and somewhat controversial move from suburban Philadelphia to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in bustling Center City is the victim of an apparent suicide, according to local media reports.
A former nursing assistant employed by Montgomery County who claims she was terminated last spring in retaliation for using federally approved family and medical leave has filed a lawsuit against the county government.
A Montgomery County man who was fired from his job at an automotive training school mere hours after his superiors learned he was contemplating taking legal action against the educational institution has filed a lawsuit against his former employer in federal court.
A former radiology technician at Abington Memorial Hospital has filed a wrongful termination suit against the medical institution and the woman who was his direct supervisor, alleging his firing was due to his complaints of age and sex discrimination a year-and-a-half earlier.
Two area legal professionals will find themselves at the center of an upcoming awards ceremony designed to highlight the good deeds of women in the workplace.
William J. Barnes, the 75-year-old ex-con who has been sitting in state prison for the past two years despite having been acquitted in the murder of a Philadelphia police officer whom Barnes shot and wounded in the 1960s, has been ordered released from custody.
Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court announced it has appointed four new members, including a new chair and vice chair, to the state’s Continuing Legal Education Board.
A Lansdale, Pa. woman who claims she sustained a whole host of physical injuries after she was thrown from her motorcycle after driving over an un-level manhole cover has filed a personal injury claim against the company responsible for paving the roadway.
A woman who claims she was fired from her job as a care manager at an area senior living facility because of her race has filed a federal discrimination complaint against her former employer.
A Montgomery County, Pa. man who was sexually assaulted when he was 13 years old at the hands of the man who took him in as an adoptive parent has filed a federal lawsuit against the perpetrator and Montgomery County officials.
The Pennsylvania man who claimed Philadelphia police officers were overzealous when they held him at gunpoint and forced him to the ground for no other reason than they saw a gun strapped to his hip has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the city and its police department.
A federal judge has denied a request by Montgomery County to dismiss a lawsuit against it that had been filed by a former prison inmate who claimed a failure on the part of correctional medical staff to detect a spinal abscess caused him to suffer great bodily harm.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will not intervene in the Philadelphia courts system, which a pharmaceutical company says is actively encouraging out-of-state lawsuits.
Soon after Republican state Sen. John Rafferty announced he was exiting the race for state attorney general, a Democratic candidate followed suit with the same news.
A 27-year-old Philadelphia woman who alleges she was roughed up by a suburban police officer after a night out with friends two years ago has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the cop and others involved in the alleged incident.
Pennsylvania state Sen. John Rafferty, a Republican lawmaker from suburban Philadelphia who had his sights set on the commonwealth’s top law enforcement position, has announced that he has suspended his race for attorney general, citing a failure to obtain Gov. Tom Corbett’s endorsement.
Norristown, Pa. lawyer Donald J. Martin will be named the 88th president of the Montgomery Bar Association during the group’s annual business luncheon today, the association announced in a news release posted on its website.
The president judge of Montgomery County’s Common Pleas Court has ordered Court Administrator Michael R. Kehs to locate an out-of-county magisterial district judge to preside over the pending preliminary hearing for James Matthews, the county commissioner charged with perjury for lying to a grand jury investigating claims of impropriety.
A Philadelphia woman who had hired a North Wales, Pa. attorney to represent her in a slip-and-fall case some years back is suing her former counsel in state court, alleging the lawyer didn’t do enough to pursue her case after it was initially dismissed by a judge.
A settlement has been reached in one of the lawsuits filed against the Lower Merion School District over the institution’s webcam controversy, in which it was alleged that the cameras in laptop computers issued to students snapped images of the youngsters without their knowledge.
