Ben Present

April 24, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court, reaffirming its holding that violations of other Pennsylvania laws may be relevant to proving bad faith, has granted a new trial to a Pennsylvania couple pursuing a bad-faith claim against their insurance carrier.

By Ben Present

8 minute read

September 21, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The judge presiding over Jerry Sandusky's case has asked the state Superior Court to dismiss an appeal by one of the convicted serial child sexual abuser's attorneys over whether a protective order the judge slapped on the case may apply retroactively.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

December 01, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Harrisburg on Wednesday in two consolidated cases that will have a lasting effect on how law enforcement authorities can utilize text messages in investigations in this state.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

July 31, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has taken up a case involving whether or not prosecutors may refer to a nontestifying defendant's pre-arrest silence at trial.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

November 17, 2011 | Law.com

Jerry Sandusky will hear from at least one of his alleged victims at his preliminary hearing, according to a lawyer for one of the persons mentioned in a grand jury report in the case.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

November 09, 2011 | Law.com

The prosecution trying the cases of two former high-ranking Penn State officials implicated by the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal might be facing an uphill battle on one of the charges lodged against the two administrators, some legal observers have told The Legal.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

August 14, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Northeastern Pennsylvania electrician who fell through the gap in a plywood floor at the site of a renovation project has settled for $670,000 with the building company contracted to develop the property.

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4 minute read

February 05, 2013 | Law.com

Carving out an exception to the state's spousal communication privilege law, the state Superior Court has ruled text messages exchanged between a married couple should be admitted as evidence in a criminal prosecution where it is alleged the wife brutally beat her husband's 4-year-old son.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

July 30, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Analyzing the confidentiality provision of Pennsylvania's Peer Review Protection Act, a Monroe County judge has denied a Pennsylvania couple's request to depose a hospital's chief medical quality officer in a lawsuit filed after a surgery at the hospital resulted in one of the plaintiffs losing a kidney.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

September 25, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can a party to an automobile accident matter claim uninsured motorist coverage when he or she can't identify the driver who injured him or her?

By Ben Present

7 minute read