The Law

May 29, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

An appeal of a dispute brought under the Institutions of Purely Public Charity Act by a fitness club trying to stop a YMCA from expanding its facilities to include a health club should be heard by the Commonwealth Court, the Superior Court has ruled in a

By LORI LITCHMAN of the Law Weekly

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February 18, 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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July 22, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

Requiring the installation of an ignition interlock device on motor vehicles owned by repeat DUI offenders is not penal in nature and therefore does not violate the constitutional ban on ex post facto laws, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By lori litchman of the Law Weekly

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February 21, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A multi-million dollar penalty against Westinghouse Electric Corp. was not excessive considering the company's years of dumping chemical solvents and violating the Clean Streams Law, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By LORI LITCHMAN of the Law Weekly

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June 26, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Pennsylvania man convicted of driving drunk in Kentucky can keep his driver's license in the Keystone state because Kentucky is not a party state to the interstate driver's license compact, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By LORI LITCHMAN of the Law Weekly

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April 17, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Citizens suit. The term strikes fear into businesses regulated under the Clean Water Act and the Clean Air Act.

By Randall G. Hurst Special to the Law Weekly

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May 15, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Pittsburgh - An Ohio man is suing Conrail because he said the company refused to let him return to work after surgery in 1993 even after the company physician cleared him.

By CATHY RUBIN Special to the Law Weekly

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November 26, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Port Authority Transit of Allegheny County cannot be held liable for the injuries that a police officer suffered when his motorcycle slid out from under him as it crossed over a diesel fuel spill on the agency's property, a common pleas court

By MARISSA N. SCARVEL of the Law Weekly

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February 21, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Venango County couple is suing an Ohio adoption agency they say misled them about the medical problems of the Russian-born infant the couple adopted in 1992.

By CATHY RUBIN Special to the Law Weekly

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May 29, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Starting with the Pennsylvania bar examination to be administered in July 2001, a successful candidate will no longer be required to meet separate standards on the essay and Multistate Bar Exam portions of the test. The only requirement for passing will b

By RICK HAGGERTY Special to the Law Weekly

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