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July 07, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A local nursing home was properly denied a variance to expand its facility by 167 percent, despite its argument that it would likely have to close in the long run without an expansion because it would be unable to compete in the marketplace, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

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September 17, 2007 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Philadelphia Common Pleas Court judge should not have ordered a civil trial to proceed with eight jurors instead of 12 jurors over the objection of litigators who initially requested a nonjury trial, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.

By Amaris Elliott-Engel Of the Legal Staff

4 minute read

February 28, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

In the New London murder-for-hire trial of attorney Beth Ann Carpenter, her defense team has had to be careful what it wishes for.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEYLaw Tribune Staff Writer

5 minute read

June 30, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A 12-year-old girl who by age 21 will have only a 50 percent chance of survival has secured an $18 million award from a Philadelphia jury after successfully claiming that two doctors could have prevented the heart transplant she underwent at age 6.

By Jennifer BatchelorOf the Legal Staff

7 minute read

July 28, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

With family law practice co-chairwoman Susan Gantman vying for one of three Pennsylvania Superior Court seats up for grabs this fall, Cozen O'Connor needed a seasoned partner in that area who could work out of its West Conshohocken office.

By Jeff BlumenthalOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

July 16, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

There has been a leadership change in Wolf Block Schorr Solis-Cohen's once mighty bankruptcy group, as former practice chairman Paul Brenman has left for Connecticut-based General Electric Capital Commercial Equipment Financing.

By Jeff BlumenthalOf the Legal Staff

4 minute read

February 12, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Lawyers for the city of Waterbury are up to their eyeballs in major legal issues-such as a municipal corruption probe and an overhaul of city government under new mayor Michael Jarjura. But those and other legal imbroglios mean the city`s corporation counsel`s office is also being flooded with another kind of legal question: Freedom of Information Act requests.

By Kellie A. Wagner Law Tribune Staff Writer

4 minute read

February 06, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

When evaluating the due process considerations of a tax, a court must examine the fiscal relation of the tax to the protection, opportunities and benefits given in return, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Ruth Bryna Cohen Of the Legal Staff

5 minute read

May 03, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

Whether Joseph J. Notopoulos was acting as an attorney or just representing himself before the West Hartford Probate Court, he had an obligation to comport himself in a professional manner, the Statewide Grievance Committee ruled last month.

By SCOTT BREDE Law Tribune Staff Writer

4 minute read

January 15, 2002 | Connecticut Law Tribune

When they think they`re right, the Good Hands folks can be an Iron Fist. That`s what Bridgeport Superior Court Judge A. William Mottolese found when he tried to press an Allstate Insurance adjuster to go up $400 to meet a claimant`s $2,450 demand in an minor auto case.

By THOMAS SCHEFFEY Law Tribune Staff Writer

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