Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas
Recent News About Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas
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Judge grants stay in activist's litigation against City of Pottsville over burning ordinance
SCRANTON – A federal judge has authorized a stay in litigation over the City of Pottsville’s open-burning ordinance with respect to burning flags as a method of political protest, pitting a political activist who says he was wrongfully arrested for engaging in such activity against the City. -
Political activist wants stay in flag-burning civil suit against Pottsville, after conviction was vacated
SCRANTON – An activist litigating with the City of Pottsville’s open-burning ordinance with respect to burning flags as a method of political protest, is seeking a stay of the instant case, now that his criminal conviction for the suit’s subject incident has been overturned by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. -
First filed in Philly, exploding iPhone litigation sent to Schuylkill County court
POTTSVILLE – A successful argument by counsel for Apple has sent the lawsuit filed by a plaintiff whose iPhone 5 allegedly exploded in his pocket to the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas. -
Coaldale police chief, injured while testing a taser, fighting refusal of disability pension
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently reversed a trial court order which denied a former borough police chief the ability to challenge the refusal of his disability pension. -
Apple says it's not at fault for iPhone that allegedly exploded in owner's pocket
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for Apple have categorically denied any liability in a product liability lawsuit filed by a minor plaintiff whose iPhone 5 allegedly exploded in his pocket. -
Counsel for Apple says exploding phone lawsuit should be heard in Schuylkill County
PHILADELPHIA – An attorney for Apple is arguing a lawsuit filed by a plaintiff whose iPhone 5 allegedly exploded in his pocket should be heard in the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas. -
Missing testimony notes leads to dismissal of car wreck lawsuit
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania said a complaint brought by a pair of plaintiffs in a motor vehicle accident is missing mandatory testimony notes, which then led the judiciary to dismiss the complaint entirely. -
Superior Court won't force widow's case against health care provider into arbitration
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania concurred with a 2014 decision of the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas to not force arbitration in a case against a health care facility. -
Superior Court upholds sustaining McDonald's preliminary objections
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a May 2, 2014 decision of the Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas sustaining the defendant’s preliminary objections in a slip-and-fall negligence action. -
Legal malpractice case sent to Schuylkill County Court of Common Pleas
Judges for the Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a ruling on Thursday from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas to transfer a legal malpractice case