Aleeza Furman

January 25, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"These are designed really to save the parties and the lawyers the time and expense and inconvenience of handling these matters in person," said Judge Terrence Nealon of the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas.

By Aleeza Furman

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January 24, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Plaintiff Desiree Purvenas-Hayes had initially filed a complaint against Saltz Mongeluzzi in June, alleging the firm failed to compensate her for overtime she worked in 2020 and 2021.

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

January 23, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

January's filings are so far up by 148%, compared to last year's average monthly filing of 23 medical malpractice cases.

By Aleeza Furman

4 minute read

January 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"It means the world to me to take the oath like so many distinguished jurists before me, while forging new ground for women," Chief Justice Debra Todd said in a statement.

By Aleeza Furman

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January 20, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

Can the Philadelphia Bar Association's awareness campaigns, polling place volunteers and fleet of investigators overtake the influence of a single coffee can?

By Aleeza Furman

4 minute read

January 19, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

The plaintiffs claimed in their complaint that CCIU, an agency that provided educational services to the school, "allowed Glen Mills' education program to operate in the shadows, turning a blind eye to its flagrant violations of youths' education rights."

By Aleeza Furman

4 minute read

January 19, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

A teacher injured in a vehicle crash while chaperoning a school trip reached an $11.5 million settlement Tuesday in her products liability suit claiming defects in the bus she had been riding led her to sustain a traumatic brain injury.

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

January 18, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

An attorney told The Legal his first thought upon seeing the proposal was, "Why are you making our lives more difficult?"

By Aleeza Furman

4 minute read

January 17, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

'The believability and the credibility is probably the most crucial thing' when trying a case in a county that is seen as less plaintiff-friendly, Thomas Sacchetta said.

By Aleeza Furman

3 minute read

January 13, 2023 | The Legal Intelligencer

"There's two major issues that have been popping up and appear to be more frequent than in pre-pandemic times," said ethics attorney Josh Byrne of Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, "and those are attorneys berating other counsel or parties and attorneys coaching witnesses."

By Aleeza Furman

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