Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Arnold L. New will not be replaced as the coordinating judge of the Complex Litigation Center, which includes high-profile mass tort cases, the administrative judge of the trial division announced. Instead, New is undertaking the dual roles as supervising judge of the trial divisions civil section and as coordinating judge of the center housing mass tort cases, appeals from arbitration and other cases.
When New was named by Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge John W. Herron, administrative judge of the trial division, to replace Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Allan L. Tereshko as the supervising judge of Philadelphias civil cases, Herron initially said that he would name another judge to lead the center.
