The Legal Intelligencer | News
By The Associated Press | December 13, 2019
Following is a listing of executive and legislative action for the week of Dec. 9. The Pennsylvania Senate was set to return to session Wednesday. The state House of Representatives was in recess and set to return to session Monday.
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By Marc Levy, The Associated Press | December 13, 2019
Pennsylvania's independently elected fiscal watchdog said Dec. 11 that his staff was repeatedly refused a tour of a Berks County facility that is one of three family detention centers in the United States that hold children and parents who are seeking asylum or entered the country illegally.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | December 12, 2019
A Columbia County trial judge has ruled that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's landmark ruling from earlier this year in Gallagher v. Geico barred insurers from using the household exclusion to block stacked underinsured motorist coverage that had already been paid for, but did not apply in situations where stacking was voluntarily waived by the insureds.
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By Zack Needles | December 12, 2019
In a case of first impression, the Commonwealth Court has ruled that the state Public Utility Commission was wrong to require Philadelphia Gas Works to give back years' worth of late fees charged to customers on overdue gas bills that were subject to docketed liens.
By VerdictSearch | December 12, 2019
On Oct. 19, 2017, plaintiff Shannon Cowan, 36, a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs supervisor, was driving on Wadsworth Avenue, near its intersection at Forrest Avenue, in North Philadelphia.
By Max Mitchell | December 12, 2019
A Lehigh County jury has awarded nearly $6 million to the widow of a man who died of a heart attack after his chest pain was allegedly improperly diagnosed as the result of panic attacks.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kevin P. Allen | December 12, 2019
On Nov. 7, U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania Malachy E. Mannion issued a decision in Lord v. Napa Management Services, C.A. No. 3:13-2940 (M.D. Pa.). In that decision, Mannion skillfully handled attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine issues that frequently flummox other courts and litigants.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Megan A. Mariani and Nicholas J. Habursky | December 12, 2019
On Nov. 7, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf signed into law Senate Bill No. 694 that permits cross-unit drilling for unconventional oil and gas wells. This new law takes effect on Jan. 6, 2020. A cross-unit well (also known as an allocation well) is a lateral wellbore that crosses between two or more pooled units.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | December 12, 2019
I am leaving a law firm, but in my employment contract, I have a 45-day period where I have agreed to remain with the firm. Do I have to wait to notify the clients until the 45-day period is up and what are my obligations to future clients who should come in during that time period?
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By P.J. D'Annunzio | December 11, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear the question of whether an appellate court can, without prompting, decide if a guardian ad litem had a conflict of interest in representing a child in a termination of parental rights case.
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