Max Mitchell

December 31, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Circumstantial evidence may establish the authenticity of disputed text messages and emails, a Lebanon County judge has ruled, even without direct evidence.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

When it comes to the largest reported verdicts and settlements outside Allegheny County and Philadelphia over the last two decades, Northeastern Pennsylvania counties dominate the map.

By Max Mitchell

7 minute read

December 24, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A 25-year veteran of the courts with a reputation for being scholarly and ties to the county bar association has been elected as president judge of the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

December 19, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently unsealed grand jury documents appear to show differing accounts of whether Cynthia Baldwin, a hotly-contested potential witness in the case against three former Penn State administrators, represented the defendants during grand jury proceedings.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A woman's decision to renounce money obtained through the dispersal of a trust can be considered a transfer of assets that can affect her eligibility for Medicaid's medical assistance long-term care program, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

An endorsement of a candidate for union president by the nonprofit corporation that administers benefits for the Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police was an improper use of public money and violated the group's bylaws and articles of incorporation, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

6 minute read

December 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Board of Claims lacks jurisdiction over cases involving state employment contracts, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

4 minute read

December 17, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

A youth who was questioned in connection with several burglaries was entitled to be read his Miranda rights during an initial interview even though the investigating officer believed the suspect to be under the age of 10 and had no intention of arresting him, the state Superior Court has ruled.

By Max Mitchell

5 minute read

December 11, 2013 | The Legal Intelligencer

Judge Patricia H. Jenkins, of the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas, has been nominated to the state Superior Court, Gov. Tom Corbett announced today.

By Max Mitchell

2 minute read

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