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By Suzette Parmley | September 1, 2021
A computer software glitch during jury selection in Escalante v. State Farm that came to light only after the jury reached a verdict was enough to convince a Pennsylvania Superior Court panel to toss out the $800,000 verdict against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. and remand for a new trial.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 31, 2021
Of the six counties that have applied for an extension, only one request has been granted.
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By Max Mitchell | July 26, 2021
"There's a difference between zealously advocating for your clients and manufacturing lawsuits," the plaintiff's attorney, Lane Jubb of The Beasley Firm, said.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | May 8, 2021
In abandoning its appeal on the issue, First Judicial District arraignment courts must now allow journalists and observers to record bail proceedings in Philadelphia as previously ordered by a federal court.
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By Justin Henry | April 15, 2021
"This case is very important in the sense that it's going to set the rules of the road for how comfort dogs are used in courtrooms," said Karl Myers, chair of the appellate practice group with Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, who authored an amicus brief in favor of the position of prosecutors from the district attorney's office, but did not participate in the arguments.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | March 31, 2021
A paraplegic lawyer working as an administrative attorney for the Pennsylvania Superior Court who claimed the Unified Judicial System discriminated and retaliated against him for requesting a workplace accommodation can proceed with part of his lawsuit.
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By Max Mitchell | February 26, 2021
With the courts having been almost entirely shut down since March 16, the reopening comes after nearly a year without a civil trial and little movement for the growing inventory of cases.
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By Suzette Parmley | February 3, 2021
Despite defendants referencing guidelines by federal agencies, including the CDC and OSHA, during a national health crisis, the case didn't rise to the federal court level, the judge said.
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By Suzette Parmley | December 15, 2020
A Lackawanna County judge has ruled that a snowmobile club operator is liable for injuries sustained by a man after his ride crashed into a hidden six-foot-deep gully on one of the trails, but that the landowner is not negligent.
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | November 2, 2020
Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Anders, the city's first openly gay male judge, fills the vacancy left by Lisette Shirdan-Harris, who was named administrative judge of the Trial Division last month.
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