The Legal Staff

July 14, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A home builders' association cannot challenge a settlement agreement between the Department of Environmental Protection and a group of environmental organizations because the agreement has not yet implicated any due process rights that are ripe for review, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

August 18, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

A car-accident victim may not add a last-minute claim for punitive damages to his lawsuit against the other driver because his original complaint alleged mere negligence and didn't allege the driver was drunk, according to an unpublished Superior Court ruling.

By Melissa Nann Of the Legal Staff

6 minute read

June 30, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Policyholders who can demonstrate third-party beneficiary rights to reinsurance contracts can have direct access to reinsurance proceeds when the main insurer becomes liquidated, Commonwealth Court Judge Mary Hannah Leavitt has ruled in two companion cases of first impression in a Pennsylvania appellate court.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

9 minute read

July 03, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

While more Philadelphia law firms than ever are members of the AmLaw 100 charts that track financial performance, they struggled in the chart that ranks pro bono performance.

By Jeff BlumenthalOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read

June 13, 2008 | The Legal Intelligencer

Merrill Davidoff of Berger & Montague described the case he has been handling out of Colorado since 1990 in a similar vein to the seemingly never-ending Exxon-Valdez case his firm has labored over for years. But 18 years later, he has something to smile about.

By Gina Passarella Of the Legal Staff

5 minute read

April 14, 2006 | The Legal Intelligencer

A nonfacility-based Internet service provider is obligated to pay sales and use taxes on the wireline access it purchased from various telecommunications giants, an en banc panel of the Commonwealth Court has ruled, 6-1.

By Asher Hawkins Of the Legal Staff

6 minute read

June 25, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

A father with shared legal custody who gave his son a BB gun as a Christmas present cannot be held liable for the child's shooting of a neighbor with the gun, the state Supreme Court has ruled, because the child was in the physical custody of his mother at the time of the accident.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

7 minute read

June 24, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

Because the city of Philadelphia mistakenly paid injured-on-duty benefits to a Philadelphia police officer, the city government should still be permitted to contest the officer's workers' compensation claim, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled.

By Jennifer BatchelorOf the Legal Staff

6 minute read

June 23, 2003 | The Legal Intelligencer

An Eastern District Court jury has awarded a dredge worker injured on the job at a marina in Monmouth County, N.J., more than $2.4 million.

By Danielle N. RodierOf the Legal Staff

5 minute read

December 20, 2004 | The Legal Intelligencer

A Superior Court panel has tossed out an appeal after finding that defense lawyers "blatantly violated" civil procedural rules when they flooded the courts with appellate issues that were too many and too wordy.

By Melissa Nann Burke Of the Legal Staff

9 minute read