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By Steven A. Meyerowitz | February 6, 2019
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has remanded an insurance coverage case to state court after deciding that the defendant insurer should have known that the amount in controversy exceeded $75,000 from the insureds' complaint and, therefore, that its removal months after the complaint was filed was untimely.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | February 6, 2019
Despite the existence of a financial relationship between an arbitrator and an insurance company lawyer involved in an arbitration, it did not affect the outcome of the case, an appeals court has ruled.
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By Max Mitchell | P.J. D'Annunzio | January 18, 2019
If funding runs out, the court will begin operating under the Anti-Deficiency Act, which means courts will have to determine what staff is needed to stay on and work unpaid "to support its mission critical work," the AOC said.
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By Max Mitchell | January 17, 2019
U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled that Pennsylvania courts have jurisdiction over defendant Imerys Talc America.
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By Steven A. Meyerowitz | January 16, 2019
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has ruled that an automobile insurance company could not tell a jury that the insured plaintiff smoked cigarettes without being able to demonstrate the specific impact of that habit on the plaintiff's own life expectancy.
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By Max Mitchell | January 16, 2019
Senior Judges Dan Pellegrini, 73, and James Gardner Colins, 72, were both transferred from the Commonwealth Court to the Superior Court beginning Jan. 1.
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By Max Mitchell | January 15, 2019
Canada-based Angiotech Pharmaceuticals has argued that Pennsylvania courts lack jurisdiction over it. Judge Arnold New denied that challenge last month, and the company quickly appealed.
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By Max Mitchell | January 14, 2019
A federal judge has agreed to block the Trump administration from enacting certain religious and moral exceptions to the Affordable Care Act that have been widely seen as a means to roll back the mandate for covering birth control medications.
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By Max Mitchell | January 14, 2019
U.S. District Judge Jan DuBois trimmed several claims from the case, but allowed plaintiff Carl Hewitt to proceed on a sexual discrimination charge stemming from allegations that his employer failed to address reports that a non-employee with whom he had regular contact at work was sexually harassing him.
By Steven A. Meyerowitz | January 10, 2019
An employee who was fired for violating his Pennsylvania employer's cellphone policy will not be receiving unemployment compensation (UC) benefits.
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