Ben Present

November 29, 2011 | Daily Report Online

By Ben Present

4 minute read

September 18, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney representing a magisterial district judge who was removed from the bench last year after missing court more than 100 times over two years told the state Supreme Court last week the standard for reviewing sanctions out of the Court of Judicial Discipline was flawed.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

March 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments last week in a case over whether a woman who belatedly applied for several jobs listed in a labor market survey had work "available" to her for the purpose of her employer's request to modify workers' compensation benefits.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

June 19, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

An undocumented alien may not collect state-funded medical assistance for several chronic conditions she developed from a stroke because she did not need "immediate" treatment, she did not have an "acute" condition, and in sum was not facing an "emergency," the Commonwealth Court has ruled in a case of first impression.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

February 21, 2012 | Law.com

Footage from an auto-accident plaintiff's videotaped interview, left on the cutting room floor by his lawyer, will stay there, a Northumberland County judge has ruled, denying a tortfeasor's discovery request to collect the unedited video.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

May 01, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

When the city of Philadelphia decides on a legal team to help it explore a deal divesting Philadelphia Gas Works, attorneys said facilitating the sale of the municipally owned utility would reflect anything but a run-of-the-mill deal.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

November 17, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has approved the assignment of a Westmoreland County senior judge with "no known connections" to Penn State or The Second Mile charity to preside over the preliminary hearing of embattled former coach Jerry Sandusky.

By Ben Present

3 minute read

October 04, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A robbery may be a normal, anticipated condition of working at a state liquor store, a sharply divided en banc panel of the state Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

December 27, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Western Pennsylvania lawyer may collect more than $40,000 in attorney fees after a panel of the state Superior Court affirmed that his former client, along with her ex-husband, attempted to defraud him.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

August 07, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A recent Commonwealth Court decision has allowed a set of plaintiffs to obtain records under the state's Right-to-Know Law that they were denied in federal court because the discovery deadline had passed.

By Ben Present

5 minute read