The Law

April 24, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Coatesville zoning ordinance limiting the number of group homes permitted in residential zones violates federal law and the U.S. Constitution, a common pleas court judge has ruled.

By ruth bryna cohen of the Law Weekly

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May 15, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A borough was not in contempt of court when it refused to pay a portion of pension benefits to a former employee's ex-spouse after his death, the Superior Court has ruled, because a local rule forbade such payments.

By DANIELLE N. RODIER of the Law Weekly

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April 03, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh - Children learn from Sesame Street that cooperation pays off, but it took a federal judge to teach a polluter that refusing to cooperate can be terribly costly.

By SHANNON P. DUFFY of the Law Weekly

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May 08, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh - An Allegheny County security officer is suing his former employer because he said he was fired in May 1998 after asking for time off in order to keep a doctor's appointment.

By CATHY RUBIN Special to the Law Weekly

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February 14, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

*awyers and bar associations can rest easy when referring a case out now that the Superior Court has confirmed that there is no cause of action in Pennsylvania for the negligent referral of legal services.

By TRACY BLITZ NEWMAN of the Law Weekly

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March 06, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A ruling from the Superior Court that a plaintiff need not provide expert testimony at a bench trial to support a legal malpractice claim will stand, now that the state high court has denied allocatur in the case.

By TRACY BLITZ NEWMAN of the Law Weekly

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May 15, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A man injured as a passenger in his own vehicle cannot recover underinsured motorist benefits because the vehicle was covered by a liability policy, a federal judge has ruled.

By LORI LITCHMAN of the Law Weekly

5 minute read

March 20, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has adopted a change to the state rules of evidence for the first time since the code was adopted by the high court in 1998.

By TRACY BLITZ NEWMAN of the Law Weekly

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June 05, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia - Elizabeth Liss could only grimace at the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas jury which awarded her more than $6.7 million in her medical malpractice action late last week. Liss suffers from severe facial ticks and swelling of her tongue and

By april white of the Law Weekly

3 minute read

April 10, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, Pennsylvania cannot take control of a spousal support order over which another state has continuing, exclusive jurisdiction, the Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression for Pennsylvania.

By DANIELLE N. RODIER of the Law Weekly

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