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MEDIA – Delaware County is now suing to halt the creation of a trust fund agreement connected to Aqua Pennsylvania’s recent purchase of the Delaware County Regional Water Control Authority, which would be the water’s company biggest privatization of a public water and sewer system statewide.
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HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a more than $1.8 million fine the state's Public Utility Commission levied against an energy company for overcharging consumers.
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PHILADELPHIA - An ongoing battle between Pennsylvania transportation authorities and taxicabs in the Philadelphia area was settled in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on Oct. 17.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court upheld the denial of amendment to a plaintiff’s complaint against the Aqua Pennsylvania water company, charging the lack of specificity in his allegations and undue delay of nearly two years in filing for said amendment, led to that very same denial.
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HARRISBURG — The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a previous ruling from a three-judge panel of the same court that found American Electric Power Service Corp.’s sale of electricity to the Letterkenny Industrial Development Authority (LIDA) is not tax-exempt, according to an opinion authored by President Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt on March 15.
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MEDIA – The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas earlier this year signed off on a $250,000 settlement regarding a then-11-year-old boy who was hit by a train in Darby on his way to school even though the crossing gates were down and its lights were flashing.
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PHILADELPHIA - The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
has overturned a lower court ruling that upheld a fine imposed by the Philadelphia
Parking Authority, Taxicab and Limousine Division against Germantown Cab Co.
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A Sept. 15 ruling opens the door for private parties to bring complaints against pipeline companies for alleged safety violations in Pennsylvania, virtually expanding "the universe of 'pipeline inspectors.'"
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The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently issued a decision reaffirming the ability of utility companies to charge a greater surcharge on customers’ monthly bills to cover infrastructure improvements.
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Kevin J. McKeon, a partner with the Harrisburg law firm of Hawke
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A Pennsylvania utility has come out on the losing end in the appeals stage of an eminent
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A western Pennsylvania power company has decided not to appeal a $109 million jury
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A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel has reversed a decision by the Philadelphia
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A state appellate court panel reviewing an appeal from a journalist who sought certain records from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has determined that records relating to the safety of natural gas pipelines are not public.
