By Alexa Woronowicz | September 29, 2017
The court, in case in which pedestrian was struck crossing train tracks, granted defendant train company's motion for summary judgment regarding plaintiff's claims for negligently exceeding the speed limit, negligently failing to have adequate pedestrian warning, negligent design and maintenance and negligent failure to issue adequate audible warnings and denied the motion with regard to plaintiff's claim for negligent operation of the train. Motion granted in part and denied in part.
By Max Mitchell | September 27, 2017
A trucking company has agreed to pay $9 million to settle claims that its driver was using his cellphone before falling asleep at the wheel and colliding with another vehicle.
By Danielle Sadow | The Legal Intelligencer | September 21, 2017
On May 5, 2014, plaintiff's decedent, Lawrence Paden Jr., 26, unemployed, was riding a motorcycle west on Manley Road in West Chester. At the same time, ahead of him, Kathryn Kelleher was stopped on the road, waiting to complete a left turn onto eastbound Marley Road from a driveway on Paden's left side.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | September 1, 2017
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has overturned a ruling barring two labor benefits disputes between teamsters from being handled in arbitration.
By Max Mitchell | August 28, 2017
Attorneys Thomas R. Kline and Patrick Fitzgerald of Kline & Specter and Robert Mongeluzzi of Saltz, Mongeluzzi, Barrett & Bendesky say filing a lawsuit quickly after a train wreck is one of the most important strategic decisions when dealing with potentially large matters in litigation, and a move that allows the plaintiffs attorneys to take the reins of the litigation early.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 25, 2017
A court memorandum found that the settlement program resulting from multidistrict litigation after an Amtrak wreck, achieved fair, reasonable and adequate compensation consistent with equal treatment of all claimants and kept administrative expenses to a 0.00418 percent of the settlement fund.
By Lizzy McLellan | August 4, 2017
A Pennsylvania man who was convicted of DUI for refusing a warrantless blood test may not retroactively apply recent U.S. Supreme Court case law on that issue in order to appeal his driving suspensions, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | August 4, 2017
A plaintiff in a slip-and-fall case was required to show not only that the defendant was negligent, but that the defendant's negligence was the factual cause of plaintiff's injuries.
By Erin Mulvaney | August 1, 2017
As more people flock to opportunities in the gig economy and more companies press into this space, it's become increasingly apparent that novel workplace schemes don't fit into the existing labor structure that balances power between employers and their workers.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | August 1, 2017
The Pennsylvania Superior Court has upheld the transfer of a lawsuit stemming from a truck-on-truck crash from Philadelphia to Cumberland County.
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