P.j. Dannunzio

October 11, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia City Controller Alan Butkovitz on Wednesday announced that the city could save $75 million every year by eliminating cash bail for low-level offenders, freeing up funds that would be spent on incarcerating the poor.

By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer |

3 minute read

October 11, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro continues to seek criminal charges against the Amtrak engineer operating the train that derailed in Philadelphia in 2015.

By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer |

4 minute read

October 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man who was hit in the head by a falling trolley boom lift—a type of crane attached to a truck—has settled his personal injury case for $17 million.

By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer |

3 minute read

October 06, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A high school cheerleader can't be kicked off the squad for creating a profanity-laden Snapchat post in front of a convenience store, a federal judge has ruled.

By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer |

3 minute read

October 05, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man crushed and seriously injured by an electrical transformer weighing nearly a ton-and-a-half has been awarded $8.5 million by a Philadelphia jury.

By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer |

3 minute read

September 29, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to address whether a judge should have backed away from a now 20-year-old case that one of his colleagues stood…

By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer |

4 minute read

September 28, 2017 | Corporate Counsel

Willow Grove-based tree removal company Asplundh must pay $95 million to the federal government after admitting to employing undocumented immigrants, prosecutors…

By P.J. Dannunzio | The Legal Intelligencer |

2 minute read

September 27, 2017 | Daily Report Online

Its commercials pepper daytime television and its billboards can be seen on highways in the Philadelphia area, but the personal injury firm of…

By P.J. Dannunzio | Daily Business Review |

3 minute read

September 26, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of a case filed by conservative group the American Civil Rights Union, which had demanded that the Philadelphia City Commissioners remove the names of inmates from the city's voter registration rolls.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read

September 25, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A high-ranking public defender has sued the Defender Association of Philadelphia, claiming its leader demoted and chastised him for pointing out that a fellow attorney in the organization was representing hundreds of children without a law license.

By P.J. D'Annunzio

5 minute read