The Legal Intelligencer | News
By P.J. Dannunzio | October 26, 2017
A hospital being sued by a black couple for medical malpractice over a birth injury had a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason for striking black jurors from the jury panel, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Daniel J. Siegel | October 26, 2017
One dictionary defines “competence” as “the ability to do something successfully or efficiently.”
By Ben Seal | October 26, 2017
A coal miner injured while shoveling out of a massive spill presented sufficient evidence to establish the extent and duration of his disability and its causation, the Commonwealth Court has ruled in affirming a workers' compensation determination in his favor.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Ben Seal | October 26, 2017
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has turned back a Dauphin County man's pursuit of strict liability claims following his wife's death in an accident involving a motorcycle he was operating.
By Zack Needles | The Legal Intelligencer | October 19, 2017
The state Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in with its interpretation of the word "any" in the statutory definition of "stripper well."
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Amy C. Lachowicz | October 19, 2017
“How much were you paid at your last job?” This common, seemingly innocuous question that is routinely asked during an employer's pre-hiring process, could lead to disparities in salaries between men and women.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Blaine A. Lucas and Alyssa E. Golfieri | October 19, 2017
On July 6, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rendered a decision in Board of Commissioners of Cheltenham Township v. Hansen-Lloyd, 166 A.3d 496 (Pa Commw. Ct. 2017), addressing several significant land use issues, most notably that the submittal of a mandatory sketch plan creates a vested right to develop the subject property pursuant to the ordinance provisions in effect at the time the plan is submitted.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | October 19, 2017
The spouse of a deceased police officer was entitled to resolve a dispute with the city over survivor pension benefits through arbitration, rather than a local agency appeal, because those benefits were specifically provided for in the police union's collective bargaining agreement with the city, a unanimous Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled.
The Legal Intelligencer | Best Practices|Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | October 19, 2017
The jury was thoroughly confused when a witness testified through an interpreter that he paid hundreds of thousands of dollars for a ladder in a construction case I tried a few years ago.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Samuel C. Stretton | October 19, 2017
Payment to witnesses who are not experts is very limited and governed to a large extent by the Rules of Professional Conduct. Under Pennsylvania Rules of Professional Conduct, Rule 3.4(b), a lawyer cannot pay or offer payment to a witness contingent upon the content of the witness' testimony or the outcome of the case.
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