Michael Riccardi
Michael Riccardi has been a reporter and editor at ALM publications for more than 20 years. A graduate of Villanova University's law school, he lives in Philadelphia. He can be reached at [email protected].
July 29, 1999 | Law.com
Insurance Conspiracy Suit Cut BackA Manhattan Supreme Court justice has dramatically downsized a lawsuit in which plaintiffs claimed that workers' compensation insurers and their trade organization engaged in an "industry-wide" conspiracy to artificially inflate premiums charged to policyholders. The decision by Justice Ira Gammerman leaves standing only causes of action for breach of contract against 12 insurance companies that actually wrote policies for the 17 plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
By Michael Riccardi
4 minute read
May 13, 1999 | Law.com
Mortgage Co., NAACP Settle Dispute Over Minority LoansThe Philadelphia NAACP and Cendant Mortgage yesterday announced the resolution of a lawsuit over allegations that the lender excluded African-American neighborhoods from its marketing and rejected black applicants twice as often as it turned away whites. Philadelphia NAACP President J. Whyatt Mondesire and Cendant Vice President Roderick Gaines both called the settlement, which commits the two entities to an "affinity relationship," a first-of-its-kind resolution.
By Michael Riccardi
4 minute read
May 26, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer
Judge Allows Family Members To Pursue Suit in �Mercy Killings�A Lehigh County judge is allowing family members of eight persons who allegedly died at the hands of a St. Luke�s Hospital nurse in a series of �mercy killings� to argue that their cases should be accepted despite the passage of the statute of limitations period.
By Michael Riccardi
2 minute read
August 02, 1999 | Law.com
Circuit Panel Reinstates Bias Class ActionA split panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has reversed a denial of class certification in a racial discrimination lawsuit against New York's Metro-North Commuter Railroad brought by its black employees. On Friday, the appeals court majority reversed a May 1998 decision that denied class certification in the case because there was a lack of commonality and typicality among the proposed class members' claims.
By Michael Riccardi
4 minute read
July 09, 1999 | Law.com
NYC Liable for Waste DischargeNew York City is liable for violating state environmental regulations in discharging waste into the upper East River and Jamaica Bay, a Manhattan court ruled yesterday. The court enforced state water pollution control laws against the City, finding it exceeded limits set in permits allowing it to discharge wastewater, and filed shoddy reports to state regulators.
By Michael Riccardi
4 minute read
July 21, 1999 | Law.com
Judge Sets Aside Mother's AwardA judge set aside a $15 million jury award against New York City to a woman who claimed post-traumatic stress from finding a picture of her missing adult son in a book of dead "John Does" a month after the New York Police Department refused to search for him. Judge David I. Schmidt held that the city could not be held liable for the police department's exercise of discretion in refusing the mother's request to issue a missing persons report.
By Michael Riccardi
4 minute read
October 08, 1999 | Law.com
Largest Class-Action Pact in Commodities HistoryHailing what he termed the largest-ever class-action settlement in the modern history of American commodities trading, a Manhattan federal judge Thursday approved a $139 million accord between traders and defendants, who allegedly conspired to corner the market in copper and manipulate the price of contracts in copper futures. The judge granted certification to a class defined as all persons trading in copper futures or options from June 1993 to June 1996.
By Michael Riccardi
3 minute read
May 19, 1999 | Law.com
Civil Rights Suit Vs. Sub Teacher Over Classroom Rape Can Go ForwardA federal judge yesterday gave the go-ahead to a civil rights lawsuit against the Philadelphia School District over its culpability in a sexual attack on a special education student in a middle school. The judge ruled that the school district must face civil charges that the student's civil rights were violated when the substitute teacher in the class failed to protect her after the attackers had assaulted another student in the classroom earlier that day.
By Michael Riccardi
5 minute read
July 03, 1999 | Law.com
Deportation Hearing Limits Not RetroactiveIn a case of first impression, an Eastern District federal judge has ruled that a key deportation provision of the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act is not retroactive. U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein ruled Friday that a criminal conviction obtained before April 1996, when the law took effect, cannot be used by the government to deny an equitable hearing to waive deportation of a foreign national who is a longtime resident of the United States.
By Michael Riccardi
4 minute read
January 07, 2000 | Law.com
NYC Negligent in Providing Firemen's GearBy Michael Riccardi
3 minute read
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