Max Mitchell

March 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A woman will not be able to recover damages from the city of Philadelphia because the police cruiser that rear-ended her was not driven by a police officer, but instead by a handcuffed man in police custody.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

March 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man who worked as an independent contractor for a staffing company may receive unemployment compensation benefits even though he worked there only seven hours a week and held two other jobs, teaching in two school districts, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

March 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has decided not to consider whether an inmate can hold a county liable for injuries he suffered due to the alleged negligence of another inmate on a work detail.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

March 11, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The appeal of a former Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge who was ousted for allegedly failing to disclose information about cases in which he was a defendant to a bar association committee reviewing his candidacy will headline the state Supreme Court's oral argument session that starts today.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

March 07, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The appeal of a former Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas judge who was ousted for allegedly failing to disclose information about cases in which he was a defendant to a bar association committee reviewing his candidacy will headline the state Supreme Court's oral argument session that starts Tuesday.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

March 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The sentence of former state Sen. Jane C. Orie has been upheld by the state Superior Court.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

March 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

During the trial that led to the conviction of 19-year-old Gregory Brown Jr. for allegedly starting a fatal fire, one witness's testimony put Brown at the scene as smoke started rising from the house and another witness said that Brown later bragged about setting the blaze.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

March 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

Superior Court Judge Anne E. Lazarus' background and her work developing the new Judicial Code of Conduct make her a natural fit for her new position heading the Judicial Conduct Board, attorneys who spoke with the Law Weekly agreed.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

March 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Supreme Court has asked the Commonwealth Court to reconsider a 2011 decision denying workers' compensation benefits to a state liquor store employee who had been robbed at gunpoint.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

March 04, 2014 | The Legal Intelligencer

A nonprofit that partnered with a university to construct, lease and operate student housing is not tax-exempt because it does not qualify as a purely public charity, a Monroe County Court of Common Pleas judge has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read