Ben Present

August 24, 2011 | Daily Report Online

A Lackawanna County, Penn., judge emailed fellow Democrats in 2004 advising them how to oppose a county voting redistricting plan and urging them to not "tell anyone this petition has been assigned to me."The redistricting plan had been proposed by a Republican county administration.The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the story Aug.

By Zack Needles, Hank Grezlak and Ben Present

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August 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

By Ben Present

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November 16, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Ben Present

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February 02, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurance company covering Penn State has asked a Philadelphia court to declare it should not have to provide coverage or cover the university's defense costs in a lawsuit stemming from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal unless the abuse in the underlying case started in what appeared to be a narrow time frame.

By Ben Present

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January 04, 2012 | Daily Report Online

A Philadelphia judge has denied an insurance company's request to probe a Facebook page in an injury case after the plaintiff argued the insurer had not identified any public information on the page, relevant to the case or not, that would trigger discovery.The decision, which came in a one-page order from Common Pleas Court Judge William J.

By Ben Present

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February 12, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania man who killed his wife and maimed her corpse cannot be executed, the state Supreme Court has ruled, because he is mentally disabled.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

April 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A lawsuit former Penn State assistant football coach Mike McQueary filed against Penn State for defamation and other claims in the fallout from the Jerry Sandusky sex-abuse scandal has survived preliminary objections.

By Ben Present

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January 24, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has refused to dismiss the lawsuit of a Western Pennsylvania woman claiming as many as five Pennsylvania State Police officers tortured her with pepper spray and cold water and urinated on her while she was shackled in custody early last year.

By Ben Present

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April 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Invoking Pennsylvania's Long-Arm Statute and borrowing from workers' compensation precedent, the state Superior Court has ruled that a Pennsylvania man suing a third-party tortfeasor's New Jersey-based employer may bring his personal injury lawsuit in Pennsylvania court.

By Ben Present

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July 09, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Law enforcement agencies must have probable cause before using real-time data to track a suspect's cellphone, Pennsylvania Superior Court Judge Mary Jane Bowes said, stating her opinion on an issue of first impression.

By Ben Present

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