Ben Present

January 03, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has decided that a pair of plaintiffs may not recover damages from the former operator of a steel plant under the Restatement (Second) of Torts for injuries they sustained on the premises six years after the company sold the plant.

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November 29, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

There is no time limit to the anticipation of litigation, a Lackawanna County judge has ruled, deciding that plaintiffs cannot discover the mental impressions of an insurance company's representative predating the filing of a lawsuit.

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August 14, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Lawrence County judge has declined to enter default judgment against a trucking company and its principal who, according to the plaintiffs suing the company, fled the country to avoid litigation over a fatal accident involving one of his drivers.

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May 09, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has unanimously dismissed several constitutional challenges to the state Legislative Reapportionment Commission's second set of legislative districts, approving new district boundaries for state elections from 2014 to 2020.

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7 minute read

March 27, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Lackawanna County judge has denied the request of a former construction worker who was crushed under a 1,000-pound slab of concrete to discover the financial worth of the company whose employee he claims was removing the sidewalk 10 feet above him at the time of his injuries.

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May 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A disclaimer in which workers for a security company waived any right to sue their employer's third-party clients can stand, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

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7 minute read

May 15, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court held oral arguments last week in Harrisburg in the appeal of a media company that was prohibited from immediately looking at a coroner's autopsy report to find out the manner in which a Pennsylvania college student died under the Right-to-Know Law.

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5 minute read

January 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Last year, by many accounts, was the year of the political blockbuster for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which presided over cases on the legislative reapportionment process and the state's controversial voter ID law.

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6 minute read

October 18, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania woman cannot retroactively specify which benefits option is attached to her ex-husband's pension, a Northumberland County judge has ruled.

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4 minute read

July 31, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Commonwealth Court has decided that several provisions of a Locust Township ordinance regulating "intensive animal agriculture" farming operations are pre-empted by state law.

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