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Friday, March 29, 2024

News from January 2013


Two Pa. legislators introduce bills to change mandatory judicial retirement age

By Jon Campisi |
Two Pennsylvania legislators are pushing to change a provision in the state constitution

Pa. Superior Court panel affirms Phila. judge's decision to enforce auto accident settlement

By Jon Campisi |
A three-judge panel of Pennsylvania’s Superior Court has affirmed a Philadelphia judge’s

Federal judge refuses to review state court action arising from foreclosure and ejectment

By Jon Campisi |
A U.S. District Court judge has refused to review a federal case initiated by a Philadelphia man against the city’s sheriff, acting sheriff and the attorneys who had represented a loan services company involved in an underlying case that arose from the foreclosure and subsequent ejectment of the man’s property.

Oral arguments scheduled for NFL concussion litigation

By Jon Campisi |
The judge overseeing the National Football League Players’ Concussion Injury Litigation

NCAA agrees to terms of state Sen. Corman's suit regarding Penn State sanctions

By Jon Campisi |
A Pennsylvania lawmaker who recently filed for injunctive relief seeking to prevent the

Defense granted summary judgment in swimming pool drowning death case

By Jon Campisi |
A federal judge has granted summary judgment to a corporation that operates a

Feds take over Tacony ‘dungeon’ case; commonwealth withdraws charges

By Jon Campisi |
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced this week that the

Eastern District of Pa. soon to see its first female chief federal judge

By Jon Campisi |
U.S. District Judge Petrese Tucker, a former Philadelphia Common Pleas Court jurist,

Judge dismisses qui tam action against AstraZeneca

By Jon Campisi |
U.S. District Judge John William Ditter, Jr.


Bayer faces product liability claim arising out of alleged Mirena injuries

By Jon Campisi |
A Pennsylvania woman is suing the makers of the Mirena birth control system over

Commonwealth Court reverses PPA decision denying license to Phila. limo service

By Jon Campisi |
A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel has reversed a decision by the Philadelphia

Flyers-Rangers dispute at 2010 Winter Classic leads to civil suit

By Jon Campisi |
The off-duty New Jersey policeman and Iraq war veteran who sustained serious injuries

Federal antitrust class action filed over allegations of gypsum board price fixing

By Jon Campisi |
A Florida man and a New York resident have joined forces in bringing a class action

Pa. legislator introduces judicial merit selection bill in wake of Supreme Court corruption case

By Jon Campisi |
A state lawmaker from Philadelphia unveiled a judicial merit selection bill Jan. 23 that

Fired SEPTA worker sues for wrongful termination

By Jon Campisi |
A former employee of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority who claims he was fired from his job of less than a year because of his need to take medical leave due to a heart condition has filed a federal civil suit against the mass transit agency.

Plaintiffs' lawyers seek creation of Tylenol products liability MDL in Phila. federal court

By Jon Campisi |
Plaintiffs’ lawyers representing those who claim their ingestion of Tylenol caused them to


Penn State law school dean tapped for position in China

By Jon Campisi |
The dean of Pennsylvania State University’s Dickinson School of Law will be heading