Max Mitchell

December 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Former state Supreme Court Justice Joan Orie Melvin is arguing in an appeal before the Superior Court that prosecutors encroached on judicial affairs exclusively regulated by the high court, and that she was improperly precluded from admitting evidence to show her output as a judge.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

December 10, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A teen who allegedly talked about accessing guns in school, causing the school to increase security and attendance to temporarily drop, may not be found delinquent because the statement itself was not a hazardous or physically offensive condition that created a risk of public inconvenience, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 10, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has declined to consolidate two judgments brought individually against a husband and wife for debts stemming from a single loan.

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5 minute read

December 10, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Luzerne County attorney who once served as a court of common pleas judge is set to take over as chief legal counsel for the legal department of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

December 06, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A northeastern Pennsylvania regional bank, which was accused of providing dubious loans to board members—among them Michael T. Conahan, the former Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas president judge who is now incarcerated after his conviction on charges stemming from the "kids for cash" scandal—has agreed to settle a shareholder derivative claim for $5 million.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

December 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An amicus curiae in a high-profile products liability case has asked the state Supreme Court to hear its separate arguments in the case even though the justices heard from both the plaintiffs and defendant during an oral argument session more than a month ago.

By Max Mitchell

3 minute read

December 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An employer will need to do more than just provide an expert's job-market survey to prove that jobs are available to injured employees when seeking to modify workers' compensation benefits in the wake of a recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision.

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6 minute read

December 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the Workers' Compensation Act does not cover occupational diseases, such as mesothelioma, that manifest more than 300 weeks after employment ends. The decision frees potential plaintiffs to seek compensation from their former employers through common-law actions.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 03, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

On Sept. 26, 2009, plaintiff Amanda Delval was driving a vehicle along Mifflin Road in Pittsburgh with plaintiff Michael Trail and decedents Jessica Trail and William Grice as passengers, when a vehicle being driven by Timothy Lesko allegedly crossed the center line and collided with the other vehicle. Michael Trail sustained a leg injury, and Delval sustained a back injury. Jessica Trail died at the scene and Grice died several months after the accident.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

November 26, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An improperly served writ of execution takes effect once it has been received, the Superior Court has ruled in an apparent case of first impression, holding the writ was not tolled until PayPal filed its answer to interrogatories.

By Max Mitchell

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