Ben Present
May 07, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Justices to Mull Whether Jury May Decide Employment StatusThe state Supreme Court has granted allocatur in a case that promises to have lasting effects on Pennsylvania's statutory employer law, following a divided state Superior Court's decision affirming a $1.5 million judgment entered in favor of an injured worker who was pinned under a scissor lift while repairing the ceiling of a Bucks County church.
By Ben Present
6 minute read
May 09, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Justices Mull 19-Year-Old H&R Block Class ActionAt Tuesday's oral arguments session in Harrisburg, Basile v. H&R Block, in its 19th year of litigation, was being argued before the Supreme Court for the third time.
By Ben Present
5 minute read
November 06, 2012 | Law.com
Panel Allows Unrestricted Damages in Botched Sterilization CaseA Pennsylvania woman who became pregnant and had an abortion despite having had a sterilization procedure may move her case forward, the state Superior Court has ruled, refusing to limit emotional distress damages to a six-week postnatal period, as the trial court had.
By Ben Present
8 minute read
April 08, 2013 | Law.com
Plaintiffs Win Round on Discovery of Facebook PagesA Philadelphia judge has denied an insurance company's request to probe a Facebook page in an injury case.
By Ben Present
5 minute read
April 17, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Freed, Kane Diverge on Health Care, Sandusky InvestigationOne of the two Democratic candidates running for state attorney general and her unopposed Republican counterpart took starkly contrasting stances on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act championed by President Obama and the lawsuit filed by several attorneys general challenging the controversial health care reform measure.
By Ben Present
5 minute read
February 28, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
RICO Claim Survives Early Motion in 'Kids-for-Cash' SuitA federal judge has allowed the mother of a juvenile who was incarcerated during the Luzerne County judicial scandal to move forward with a RICO claim against the facility where her son was imprisoned.
By Ben Present
4 minute read
November 05, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Woman's Estate Awarded $3 Mil. After Home Fails to Seek CareA Luzerne County jury has awarded more than $3 million to the estate of a disabled woman who died from injuries related to a car accident she was in while under the care of a Pennsylvania group home.
By Ben Present
4 minute read
April 08, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Plaintiffs Score a Pair of Wins in Social Media DecisionsTwo Pennsylvania courts have recently denied defense motions asking for access to plaintiffs' private social media pages, apparently evening the social media scoreboard and giving plaintiffs some much-needed case law to counter a trio of opposing decisions.
By Ben Present
9 minute read
October 16, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer
Justices Take Up Firm's Appeal to Recoup Tax Collection FeesThe state Supreme Court has granted allocatur in a case over whether Pennsylvania law provided a cause of action to taxpayers who sued a law firm for the administrative costs they paid the firm for collecting real estate taxes.
By Ben Present
7 minute read
June 04, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer
Superior Court Reluctantly Uses Bad-Faith Test in PUTSA ClaimsThe state Superior Court has instructed a Potter County judge to calculate attorney fees in favor of the defense related to two trade secrets claims that the plaintiffs agreed to withdraw prior to prevailing before a jury in the remainder of their lawsuit.
By Ben Present
7 minute read
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