The Law

January 17, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Individuals involved in motor vehicle accident cases can view accident reconstruction studies and records compiled by municipal police departments for the state Department of Transportation, an en banc Superior Court has ruled in an apparent case of first

By DANIELLE N. RODIER of the Law Weekly

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March 13, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

The Supreme Court will have its first crack at a recent amendment to the Pennsylvania Workers' Compensation Act, after hearing oral argument last week in two related cases.

By TRACY BLITZ NEWMAN of the Law Weekly

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December 24, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

Never too shy to grapple with elections, the U.S. Supreme Court recently granted certiorari to address whether a state may ban a candidate for elected judicial office from announcing views on "disputed legal or political issues." The Minnesota rule challe

By william p. murphy Special to the Law Weekly

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June 12, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Recently, a number of cases throughout the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have indicated a need for the protection of the heirs of homicide and manslaughter victims, particularly when those heirs are minor children of the victims and, in some cases, elderly

By david n. wecht Special to the Law Weekly

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October 08, 2001 | The Legal Intelligencer

A recent case decided in the Schuylkill County Common Pleas Court could have the state's appeals courts revisiting the law on joint-tortfeasor releases, according to one attorney involved in the case.

By Danielle N. Rodier of the Law Weekly

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February 04, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

An insurer's failure to schedule an independent medical exam for one of its underinsured claimants, coupled with a low offer to settle, amounted to bad faith claims handling, the Superior Court has ruled.

By Lori Litchman of the Law Weekly

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February 21, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Montgomery County police officer's account of whether he asked a drunken driving suspect to submit to chemical testing was more credible than that of the man who had his license suspended for his refusal to take the test, a split Commonwealth Court has

By LORI LITCHMAN of the Law Weekly

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January 07, 2002 | The Legal Intelligencer

In a divided opinion, the Supreme Court has articulated stricter procedural scrutiny of collateral attacks on criminal convictions under the Post-Conviction Relief Act.

By Ruth Bryna Cohen of the Law Weekly

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January 03, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

A police officer's warrantless use of an infrared thermal imaging device violated an Erie County man's constitutional rights under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, the state Supreme Court has ruled.

By LORI LITCHMAN of the Law Weekly

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May 22, 2000 | The Legal Intelligencer

Philadelphia - A Philadelphia jury last week awarded two workers a combined $9.2 million for injuries they sustained while smoothing a layer of plaster on a soffit at the former Philadelphia Carlton House condominium at 18th Street and JFK Boulevard in Oc

By RUTH BRYNA COHEN of the Law Weekly

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