Hank Grezlak

January 04, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Insurance Department doesn't have the authority to mandate arbitration of uninsured motorist and underinsured motorist coverage disputes, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

February 09, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

Though it didn't come in the form of a complaint, a former solicitor for the Luzerne County Controller's office told the Judicial Conduct Board's deputy counsel as early as 2005 that he had concerns about two of the county's judges and a private juvenile detention center being built there.

By Leo Strupczewski and Hank Grezlak

9 minute read

January 15, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state's Judicial Conduct Board has revised its policies and procedures, reining in the power of its chief counsel and restoring much of that authority to the board members.

By leo Strupczewski and hank grezlak

7 minute read

February 25, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

The FBI interviewed Luzerne County Common Pleas judges last week, sources have told The Legal.

By Leo Strupczewski And Hank Grezlak

7 minute read

April 23, 2007 | Law.com

Even before the public dust-up with Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice Ronald D. Castille, Duquesne Law School professor Bruce Ledewitz was a lightning rod in the legal community.

By Hank Grezlak

7 minute read

March 07, 2006 | Law.com

Employers can't be hit with penalties for choosing to hold off paying a workers' compensation award while applying for supersedeas, the Pennsylvania state Supreme Court has ruled. The justices ruled 5-1 that there is no tension between �428 of the Workers' Compensation Act -- which deals with employers who default on compensation awards -- and the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board's own rules governing application for supersedeas.

By Hank Grezlak

8 minute read

May 08, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

Sometimes, as a journalist, you cover somebody for so long, you come to feel like you know them, even if you really don't. That's how I felt about former Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy, whom I covered for nearly 16 years.

By Hank Grezlak

9 minute read

July 26, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

One of the pleasures of being the editor-in-chief of a couple of newspapers is getting out and meeting the people we cover and who read us. After all, newspapers are a part of their communities and are meant to serve the people in them.

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

February 20, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

As the Luzerne County judicial scandal continues to unfold, two questions have been bothering me: How did this happen? And how does the judicial system recover?

By Hank Grezlak

6 minute read

December 04, 2009 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Kingston, Pa., attorney has been identified by sources and court documents as the person who provided Luzerne County Common Pleas Judge Michael T. Toole with "things of value," including free use of a New Jersey beach house, while continuing to litigate cases before the judge.

By Leo Strupczewski And Hank Grezlak

4 minute read