News from 2012
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
Pa. Superior Court panel reverses trial court decision granting summary judgment to Union Carbide Corp. in asbestos case
A three-judge panel of the state Superior Court reversed the decision of a western
Phila. man who caught fire after being shot with Taser can move forward with suit against state troopers, judge rules
A Philadelphia man who was inadvertently set aflame after two Pennsylvania state
Class action suit filed against National Penn Bank alleging excessive overdraft fees
A Northeastern Pennsylvania woman has filed a class action lawsuit against a local
$26.1 million personal injury settlement, possibly largest ever in Pa., reached in tractor-trailer death suit
What’s believed to be the largest personal injury settlement ever in Pennsylvania was
Pa. woman sues Phila. Phillies and Phillie Phanatic mascot over pool-tossing incident
A woman from Montgomery County who claims she sustained various injuries after the
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital faces wrongful death, med mal claim
The widow of a South Jersey man who died from cardiac arrest days after being admitted
Sandusky attorney seeks to admit entire text of defendant's autobiography into evidence
Attorneys for former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, whose trial on
Phila. Media Network sues Ritz Camera & Image over alleged unpaid advertising bill
The owners of the region’s two most recognized daily newspapers have filed suit against a well-known area camera shop alleging the business has refused to fully compensate the publishing company for ad space bought in the papers.
Employee sues Buddhist Temple over electrical burns suffered from loose power line
An employee of a Philadelphia Buddhist Temple who claims he suffered electrical burns after being shocked by a loose utility wire at the premises has filed a personal injury lawsuit against his employer in state court.
Pa. Health Dept. faces whistleblower suit by former high-up employee who alleges retaliatory firing
A woman who formerly served as a special assistant to Pennsylvania’s Health Secretary
Trial attorney Mongeluzzi named as plaintiff in breach of contract suit against talent company
A high-power Philadelphia trial attorney is himself named as a plaintiff in a case lawyers
Fox Chase Cancer Center faces medical malpractice claim over alleged injuries from hernia surgery
A Montgomery County couple is suing Fox Case Cancer Center and one of its physicians
Phila.'s Independence Visitor Center is named in assault and battery complaint
A Delaware County man and his wife who allege they were assaulted while handcuffed by private security personnel at a party at the Independence Visitor Center in Philadelphia’s historic district have filed a civil complaint against the center, the hired security firm and others in state court.
Judge allows suit by HIV-positive student against Harrisburg's Milton Hershey School to remain in Phila.
A federal judge in Philadelphia recently denied a bid by a central Pennsylvania boarding
Sandusky judge denies last-minute defense attempt to have charges dismissed
The judge presiding over the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse case on Friday denied a motion to dismiss charges that had earlier been filed by the former Penn State assistant football coach’s defense attorney.
Master complaint regarding former NFL players' head injuries filed at federal court in Phila.
A master personal injury class action lawsuit that could cover hundreds of former
'Merit selection' proposal tabled yet again by state House Judiciary Committee
For the second time in two months, a legislative panel in Harrisburg postponed a
Four new Risperdal mass torts filed at Phila. Common Pleas Court
Four men, one from South Jersey, filed separate mass tort claims against the makers of
Phila.'s Wood Funeral Home sued by widower for breach of contract
A contract dispute between a Delaware man and a Philadelphia funeral home has led to a lawsuit being filed against the local business accusing the funeral home of maliciously shutting the plaintiff out of his deceased wife’s post-death arrangements.