By Michael Riccardi | April 5, 2018
Following is a listing of executive, legislative, judicial and advocacy activity for the week of April 2. Members of the General Assembly were in recess at press time. Members of the state House of Representatives were set to return to session on Monday; members of the Pennsylvania Senate were scheduled to return to session on April 16.
By Max Mitchell | April 5, 2018
A Chester County jury awarded $20 million to the family of a woman who died after she was allegedly discharged prematurely from a spinal surgery center.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel E. Cummins | April 5, 2018
As they say, "The more things change, the more they remain the same." And so it is with the changing forms of evidence in the digital age including various types of electronic messages and a wide variety of social media platforms designed for the exchange of information, photos and videos.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 5, 2018
The state is not entitled to subrogation of a workers' compensation lien claimed in a third-party settlement agreement stemming from a case involving a former employee of the Attorney General's Office, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By David C. Franceski Jr. and John J. Murphy | April 5, 2018
On March 20, the U.S. Supreme Court in Cyan v. Beaver County Employees Retirement Fund, reaffirmed that because federal and state courts share concurrent jurisdiction over class actions alleging violations of the Securities Act of 1933 (1933 Act), such actions can remain in state court.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 5, 2018
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled a $500,000 jury award to a Pittsburgh man who alleged his leg was burned by the friction of rubbing up against other passengers while riding in an overcrowded limousine was properly considered.
By VerdictSearch | April 5, 2018
In July 2012, plaintiff Michael Jester, of Penn Ridge Farms LLC, and Robert Hutt, of Fantasy Lane Thoroughbred Racing Stable LLC, entered into a contract by which Penn Ridge agreed to provide boarding and breeding services to Fantasy Lane's thoroughbred stallion and broodmares at its farms, in Harrisburg.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | April 5, 2018
The court is scheduled to hear arguments April 10 and April 11.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | April 5, 2018
If a judge would normally be disqualified from a case, but all parties agree for the judge to—in an administrative matter—accept a waiver or a waiver of a preliminary hearing or a negotiated guilty plea, can the judge do that?
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | April 5, 2018
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to consider whether a woman's decision to take drugs while pregnant can constitute child abuse if it causes bodily injury to the infant after birth.
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