The Law

February 25, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Allegheny County Legislature may not replace or alter a property assessment certified under existing law, Common Pleas Court Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. said in resolving an impasse between the county council and county executive.

By Michael A. Riccardi of the Law Weekly

4 minute read

November 26, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state Superior Court has written another chapter in a prolonged, fiercely contested will contest that began nearly 30 years ago in Washington County, by affirming a lower court ruling that prevents one of the estate's heirs from revoking a disclaimer

By MARISSA N. SCARVEL of the Law Weekly

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April 30, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

The word "you" in a business auto policy refers to the business entity and therefore precludes the owner's son from recovering underinsured motorist benefits on the policy, a federal judge has ruled.

By Lori Litchman of the Law Weekly

3 minute read

July 16, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A complaint filed in federal court is seeking damages and injunctive relief against Apple for making devices that can display porn, or as the rest of us call it, the Internet.

By Above The Law

1 minute read

February 11, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Expert testimony is needed to prove that liposuction of the cheek was not substantially the same as liposuction to the chin and jowl region, a Philadelphia common pleas court judge has ruled.

By Lori Litchman of the Law Weekly

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March 20, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurance company was not permitted to rescind an automobile policy without proper notification after the insured's check for the premium bounced, the Superior Court ruled in a case of first impression.

By LORI LITCHMAN of the Law Weekly

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October 08, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

Declaring Reliance Insurance Co. insolvent, the Commonwealth Court last week placed the company into liquidation and ordered a 90-day stay on litigation against all Reliance insureds.

By Lori Litchman of the Law Weekly

3 minute read

February 25, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pennsylvania's minority tolling statute does not apply to extend the statute of limitations in a survival action brought on behalf of the estate of a deceased child, the Superior Court has held in what appears to be a question of first impression.

By Ruth Bryna Cohen of the Law Weekly

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August 27, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

The state police properly denied a gun permit to a man convicted of stealing a case of beer in 1962, an en banc Commonwealth Court ruled in Lehman v. Pa. State Police.

By Lori Litchman of the Law Weekly

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March 06, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Allegheny County teen is suing his former school district and a fence company after he said an injury caused during an April 1999 baseball game left him limping and one year late for college.

By CATHY RUBIN Special to the Law Weekly

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