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By P.J. Dannunzio | December 8, 2017
A federal judge overseeing a putative class action against Prudential Insurance Co. has ruled that the company violated ERISA by using interest-bearing bank accounts to hold life insurance money instead of paying beneficiaries directly.
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By P.J. Dannunzio | December 8, 2017
A political consultant and aide to Congressman Bob Brady's campaign, Don D.A. Jones, has pleaded guilty in federal court to lying to the FBI about his involvement in an alleged scheme to pay off a challenger.
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By Zack Needles | December 7, 2017
Pennsylvania's Professional Nursing Law does not require a nurse whose license is automatically suspended because of a felony drug conviction to wait 10 years before seeking reinstatement, the state Supreme Court said, rejecting the State Board of Nursing's recently adopted interpretation of the statute.
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By Ben Seal | December 7, 2017
A hospital nurse who slipped and injured herself on a wet spot in a scrub room can pursue her negligence claim against the health care support company she alleged was responsible for supervising the maintenance and cleaning of the room, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
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By Max Mitchell | December 6, 2017
A central defendant in Philadelphia's pelvic mesh mass tort has lost its bid to have more than 100 cases filed by out-of-state plaintiffs tossed from the jurisdiction.
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By P.J. Dannunzio | December 6, 2017
The legal feud between personal injury lawyers Jeff Rosenbaum and John Morgan has all the drama of a soap opera—in fact, the two even appear on daytime TV, albeit in their commercials.
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By Zack Needles | December 6, 2017
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is set to decide whether the city of Pittsburgh has the authority to force employers to offer paid sick leave and building owners to ramp up emergency response training.
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By P.J. Dannunzio | December 5, 2017
The legal woes keep mounting for former Bucks County Magisterial District Judge John I. Waltman and another county public official allegedly involved in a bribery and money laundering prosecution that has already resulted in two previous rounds of charges.
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By P.J. Dannunzio | December 5, 2017
Months after a landmark federal appeals court ruling that recording police in public is protected by the First Amendment, the Pennsylvania chapter of the ACLU has settled two lawsuits against the city of Philadelphia filed by two activists claiming police retaliated against them for filming officers.
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By Max Mitchell | December 5, 2017
A Philadelphia jury has awarded nearly $28 million to the plaintiffs, attorneys said, in the first bellwether trial to take place in state court over the blood thinner Xarelto. The verdict comes after three straight losses for plaintiffs in federal court.
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