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Firefighters Lose Suit Over Wilkes-Barre Pension Buybacks
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, May 9, 2008
The Commonwealth Court has ruled against two firefighters suing the city of Wilkes-Barre for allegedly reneging on ordinances allowing pension buybacks of time spent working for the city in other capacities.
Famed Aviation Lawyer Wins Round Against Insurer
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, May 9, 2008
Prominent aviation attorney Arthur Alan Wolk has won a significant victory in his court battle with an insurance company now that a federal appeals court has revived a suit that centers on whether Wolk was entitled to defense costs under his policy when he was accused of fraud in a $4.6 million settlement.
Jury Awards $4.7 Mil. in Bucks Med Mal Case
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, May 9, 2008
A unanimous Bucks County Common Pleas Court jury of 12 has awarded $4.7 million to the wife of a man who died from complications allegedly caused by a misdiagnosed intestinal ischemia.
Kauffman Certifies Class In Generic Drug Lawsuit
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, May 8, 2008
A federal judge has certified a class action antitrust suit that accuses GlaxoSmithKline of using monopolistic tactics to boost its profits from Wellbutrin, a popular antidepressant, by delaying a generic version of the drug from coming to market.
Montco Fire Class Action Settles for $35 Million
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, April 25, 2008
A $35 million Montgomery County settlement was reached this week over a fire that demolished a business center after an almost three month process of trying and settling a case with more than 100 claimants and 16 defendants.
Worker's Fall Yields $3.1 Mil. Settlement
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, April 25, 2008
The parents of a 26-year-old construction worker who fell 85 feet to his death after the guardrail on a work platform at a University of Pennsylvania dormitory was removed will be paid more than $3.1 million in a global settlement of their wrongful death suit.
Superior Court Reverses Ruling in Damages Cap Issue Appeal
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, April 24, 2008
The state Superior Court has reversed a trial court's ruling and remanded for a new trial on the issue of damages in a case involving a little-discussed procedural rule allowing a plaintiff to stipulate a $15,000 cap on damages in exchange for the cost-saving benefit of introducing expert reports without live testimony, where the trial is an appeal from an arbitration award.
Judge Baylson Rejects A Class Action Suit On Naturalization
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
A federal judge who recently caused quite a stir among immigration lawyers when he blasted the government for taking too long to conduct background checks in citizenship petitions has now refused to hear a class action suit alleging identical issues, finding that the plaintiffs lawyer improperly labeled the case as "related" to his prior cases.
3rd Circuit: ERISA Disability Benefits Not Subject to Arbitration
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Union workers who are denied ERISA disability benefits cannot demand arbitration of their disputes unless the company's ERISA plan was specifically incorporated into a collective bargaining agreement or the plan itself calls for arbitration, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled.
Forfeiture of Burglar's Bling Argued Before Pa. High Court
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, April 17, 2008
A Philadelphia prosecutor argued before the state Supreme Court that a burglary defendant has just as much a burden of proof to establish lawful ownership of jewelry seized by police after his arrest and subject to forfeiture as the commonwealth has the burden to prove by a preponderance of evidence that there is a nexus between the jewelry and the defendant's criminal activities.
Pa's Medical Malpractice Filings Continue to Drop
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, April 21, 2008
"Judicial hellhole" no longer. Medical malpractice crisis? That's over.
Death Row Arguments Prompt Justice to Voice Concern for Victims' Families
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, April 21, 2008
In an oral argument session before the state Supreme Court last week that featured a justice's impassioned soliloquy on victims' rights, prosecutors argued that the public interest in ending capital litigation trumps a death row inmate's right to reject unwanted medication.
Buckwalter Moves State-Created Danger Suit Forward
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, April 18, 2008
A federal judge has green lighted a state-created danger suit brought by the widow of a man who died of a heart attack after performing court-ordered community service on a day when an excessive heat warning had been issued.
Philadelphia Courts Institute Program To Deal With Mortgage Meltdown
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, April 18, 2008
The First Judicial District is launching a mortgage foreclosure diversion program with the help of a committee composed of stakeholders representing the lender, homeowner, nonprofit advocate and municipal viewpoints on the foreclosure crisis.
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