Ben Present

July 10, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether a young girl's out-of-court statements under the Tender Years Act were properly admitted in her father's child rape case when the girl had previously been determined incompetent to testify.

By Ben Present

9 minute read

March 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania man found by an administrative tribunal to have sexually abused his 3-year-old step-granddaughter fits the definition of "perpetrator" within the state Child Protective Services Law, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

June 28, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's statute against animal cruelty is constitutional, the state Superior Court has said, ruling that piercing a cat's ears or docking its tail are cruel.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

December 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The push for transparency and the continuing filtration of e-related issues into state courts drove a tech-focused year on Pennsylvania's intermediate appellate benches — both in written opinions issued and policy initiatives — and there was no sign of the trend slowing come the start of the new year.

By Ben Present

8 minute read

December 04, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania woman who sustained serious injuries in a car accident in which the driver had a learner's permit has settled for more than $1 million.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

November 08, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Southeastern Pennsylvania business owner and his family may not collect first party and underinsured motorist benefits from their insurer, a Montgomery County judge has ruled, after a broker changed their underlying insurance policy from "individual" to "corporate," accidentally barring such coverage for a family.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

February 05, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania paper company's pulpwood supplier has lost its bid to avoid corporate tax liability on a multimillion-dollar sale of thousands of acres of timberland holdings the supplier had owned in Delaware.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

October 23, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Lackawanna County judge has consolidated the cases of eight railroad workers suing the same employer under the same federal law for negligent exposure to coal dust and diesel fumes.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

April 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Delaware County jury has awarded a $1.35 million verdict to a woman who was injured in a side impact collision at an intersection by a driver she claimed had turned too wide and had been driving too fast.

By Ben Present

3 minute read

July 17, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Attorneys surveyed say the university has little choice after Freeh's report but to come to terms with Sandusky's victims

By Ben Present and Gina Passarella

7 minute read