When Gov. Tom Wolf announced his nominees for 16 interim appointments to Pennsylvania’s courts of common pleas, judges around the state let out a sigh of relief. For shorthanded courts, open seats on the bench have meant heavier workloads, scheduling concerns and, in some cases, delays in hearing certain types of cases, judges said.
Once reinforcements arrive—timing expectations among judges ranged from a matter of weeks to the end of the summer—fully staffed courts will be able to slough off the strain created by months or years of dispensing additional cases to their remaining judges.
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