P.j. Dannunzio

November 09, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

After the opening of the new state-of-the-art Philadelphia Family Court building on 1501 Arch St. three years ago, an $85 million redevelopment effort was launched to turn the old courthouse into a boutique hotel. But since then the cost of the project has gone up—by $28 million.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read

November 09, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A privately-owned Delaware County prison has agreed to pay $7 million to the family of a mentally ill inmate who was allegedly mistreated by staff, denied psychiatric treatment and encouraged to kill herself by a guard.

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6 minute read

November 09, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear argument in a shareholder suit in which an advertising company's corporate officers were found liable for accepting for themselves $12 million in proceeds from the company's sale, rather than distributing it.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

11 minute read

November 08, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

Interim Justice Sallie Updyke Mundy, the Republican candidate for the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has beaten Democratic Allegheny County judge and ex-Pittsburgh Steeler Dwayne Woodruff for a spot on the state's highest court.

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5 minute read

November 07, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

While paring down all but one claim in a fair debt collection class action against financial giant JP Morgan Chase, a federal judge has allowed the…

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2 minute read

November 07, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The mother of a man who fell into a rock crusher and was killed has settled her lawsuit against the Northeastern Pennsylvania quarry and the crusher manufacturer for a total of $6.5 million.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read

November 06, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A federal judge has dismissed a proposed class action of banquet servers against Hyatt Hotels over alleged violations of the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage…

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1 minute read

November 06, 2017 | New Jersey Law Journal

A document indicating that a prison guard allegedly encouraged an inmate to commit suicide, though misfiled by an attorney and unseen for almost a year, should have been allowed in a mother's lawsuit against the prison, a federal appeals court has ruled.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read

November 03, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

A group of Philadelphia trial lawyers has spent the most money out of any single donor to keep their favorite justices on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court bench this election year.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

6 minute read

November 01, 2017 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Patrick Reese, a one-time aide to former state Attorney General Kathleen Kane who was convicted of criminal contempt.

By P.J. Dannunzio |

3 minute read