Ben Present

January 06, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following a state Supreme Court order Thursday, the Luzerne County Common Pleas Court has regained complete control over adjudicating and disposing of the county's juvenile cases.

By Ben Present

5 minute read

May 29, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has thrown out two lawsuits against four personal injury attorneys through the rarely invoked legal avenue of champerty.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

January 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

As candidates for state attorney general began to boast endorsements, some reporting seven-digit bankrolls, all three Democratic candidates said this year's race presented a better-than-usual opportunity for a Democrat to win the seat of Pennsylvania's top prosecutor for the first time in history.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

October 25, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Lawrence County judge has decided to keep the courtroom closed to three Western Pennsylvania media outlets that moved for access to the highly publicized juvenile murder proceedings of 14-year-old Jordan Brown.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

June 12, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Superior Court has reinstated a man's claim against a Philadelphia hospital for tortious interference with a dead body, allowing him to pursue the claim, along with a claim for punitive damages, in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

November 20, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

It's been settled law for more than a decade that an injury that has been compensated by an employer very well might not be compensable.

By Ben Present

4 minute read

July 13, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former Penn State head football coach Joe Paterno, along with three of the university's top administrators, knew about abuse allegations against the football program's longtime defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, as far back as 1998, but "repeatedly concealed critical facts" from police, the public and the university's board as Sandusky continued to molest children, a Penn State internal investigation has found.

By ben present and Gina Passarella

11 minute read

October 30, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case over whether a young girl's videotaped statement that her father sexually abused her should be corroborated to be admitted in court.

By Ben Present

7 minute read

December 27, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Following two widely publicized television interviews with Jerry Sandusky, MSNBC news anchor Thomas Roberts invited Philadelphia criminal defense attorney Theodore Simon onto the air earlier this month for his take on the defense's seemingly unconventional strategy.

By Ben Present

6 minute read

December 16, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

For two former high-ranking officials implicated in the Jerry Sandusky sex abuse scandal, today's preliminary hearing in Harrisburg will likely mark the beginning of a probe into just how much a key state witness knew and just how much that witness did in response.

By Ben Present

5 minute read