Ben Seal
Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office. Contact him at [email protected] or @BSealTAL.
June 08, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Trial Court Can't Ignore Local Rule on Rule to Show CauseWhen a local rule requires the issuance of a rule to show cause, a trial court must issue such a rule prior to denying a party's petition unless the allegations in the petition provide no legal basis for relief, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
7 minute read
June 02, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Judge: Negligence Suit Over Electrical Fire Not Fit for PUCA trial court, not the Public Utility Commission, is the appropriate jurisdiction for a negligence lawsuit against PECO Energy Co. stemming from a home fire, a Philadelphia judge has ruled.
By Ben Seal
3 minute read
May 26, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Home Rule Charter Amendment Cannot Remove Police Bargaining RightsA home rule municipality may not redefine subjects of collective bargaining, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
8 minute read
May 19, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Justices to Eye Official Access to Records Unofficially Available OnlineThe Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether a party seeking access to public documents is entitled to pursue official copies through litigation when unofficial copies are readily available.
By Ben Seal
6 minute read
May 02, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Ambulance Company's Insufficient County Business Leads to Venue ChangeA lawsuit against a Bradford County-based ambulance company whose services in Lackawanna County constitute less than 1 percent of its trips and revenue should be heard in the former county rather than the latter, a Lackawanna County judge has ruled.
By Ben Seal
6 minute read
April 28, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
UIM Claim Not Estopped by Arbitration Award, Superior Court RulesAn arbitration award does not collaterally estop a plaintiff from obtaining underinsured motorist benefits, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
7 minute read
April 21, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Recurring Visits by Minors Required for Liquor Code ViolationTwo instances of an underage minor being present in an establishment are insufficient to constitute a violation of a portion of the Liquor Code that prohibits a liquor licensee from permitting a minor to frequent its premises, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
6 minute read
April 21, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Failure to Address Reasonableness Dooms $2.2M Attorney Fee RequestA litigant seeking more than $2.2 million in attorney fees and costs in a case worth one-tenth of that is entitled only to the roughly $700,000 awarded by a trial court because the litigant failed to address the reasonableness of its request, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
10 minute read
April 14, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
Catholic College's Expulsion Subject to Human Relations Commission ReviewA Catholic college's expulsion of a student can be reviewed by the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, the Commonwealth Court has ruled in an issue of first impression.
By Ben Seal
9 minute read
April 07, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer
One Month of Low Production Excuses Gas Wells From Impact FeesAn unconventional gas well that produces fewer than 90,000 cubic feet of gas per day during one month of a calendar year does not need to pay impact fees, the Commonwealth Court has ruled in a decision parsing the definition of the word "any" in a portion of Act 13 defining a "stripper well."
By Ben Seal
9 minute read
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