Ben Seal

April 07, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A liquor license held in safekeeping for more than the allotted three years should not be revoked if its owner makes a good-faith effort to reinstate the license but fails, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

April 03, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A legal malpractice plaintiff is not entitled to a continuance to seek an expert to testify despite learning shortly before a scheduled trial that his intended expert was ineligible, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

March 24, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurer's pre-insolvency denial of coverage, without judicial confirmation, does not defeat a covered claim under the Pennsylvania Property and Casualty Insurance Guaranty Association Act, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

March 24, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A 2011 change to the Workers' Compensation Act extending the time limitation for a firefighter to claim that his cancer is an occupational disease does not apply retroactively, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

March 17, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A guilty plea to driving with a suspended license and an arrest for harassment are inadmissible in a civil negligence trial stemming from the incident that led to the charges, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

8 minute read

March 17, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A discrepancy regarding the insurance value of a home destroyed by fire presents a genuine issue of material fact that must be settled by a trial court, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

7 minute read

March 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A clerk of judicial records filing a writ of summons does not constitute a court's approval to substitute a new plaintiff in a lawsuit, a Lackawanna County court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

6 minute read

March 03, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Two college football players can move forward with a negligence case against their college tied to injuries they suffered during practice drills, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

By Ben Seal

9 minute read

November 03, 2016 | National Law Journal

Voters in California and four other states on Tuesday could open a wider door to legalized recreational marijuana, posing substantial regulatory challenges and deepening the tension between state and federal drug laws.

By Cheryl Miller and Ben Seal

33 minute read

November 02, 2016 | The Legal Intelligencer

In an early October afternoon, Teresa Ficken Sachs was running to an emergency hearing at City Hall on just a few minutes' notice. She'd been working with the trial team from the start, monitoring the case as appellate counsel, and her presence was needed—and soon.

By Ben Seal

31 minute read