P.j. Dannunzio

November 20, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A lawyer's courtroom remarks about two unrelated CSX Transportation workplace deaths and the company's manpower in a railroad injury lawsuit were prejudicial enough for the Pennsylvania Superior Court to grant a new trial and upend a nearly $600,000 judgment in favor of his client.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read

November 17, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

An adoption agency that sent a 5-year-old girl to live with a couple who subjected her to sexual and physical abuse in their foster home has been hit with an $11 million verdict by a Philadelphia jury.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read

November 16, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a lower court's dismissal of a False Claims Act whistleblower action against CVS Caremark.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read

November 16, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The federal judge presiding over the case of two aides to U.S. Rep. Bob Brady, D-Philadelphia, accused of allegedly helping the congressman's campaign pay off a primary challenger has scheduled their trial to begin Dec. 12.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

6 minute read

November 15, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has upheld a $508,000 verdict awarded to a Catholic school teacher who sued the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for defamation after she was accused of cheating by providing her students the answers to a standardized test.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

7 minute read

November 15, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has dismissed a couple's bad faith claim against Liberty Mutual Insurance Company stemming from a flood that damaged their home.U.S.…

By P.J. Dannunzio |

1 minute read

November 15, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has granted the city of Philadelphia's request to halt Attorney General Jeff Sessions from cutting off federal funding for the city's law enforcement, part of the Trump administration's crackdown on sanctuary cities.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

5 minute read

November 13, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania House of Representatives' Liquor Control Committee is set to vote on a measure to lift liquor licensing restrictions that have been in place since the repeal of Prohibition.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

6 minute read

November 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has ruled in a personal injury lawsuit against US Airways over injuries sustained during turbulence that an attorney who spoke to flight attendants without prior permission will not be removed from the case.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read

November 10, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has sided with a debtor who sued a debt collection law firm alleging it failed to provide him enough time to contest the debt.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

5 minute read