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Ben Seal is managing editor of The American Lawyer. He joined the magazine in February 2018, and previously spent five years working for The Legal Intelligencer, editing the paper's magazines and supplements and reporting on Pennsylvania's state courts, legislature and Attorney General's Office. Contact him at [email protected] or @BSealTAL.
August 4, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly
A student injured while crossing the road to board a school bus is entitled to personal-injury protection benefits from the automobile policy insuring the bus, the Kent County Superior Court has ruled in a case of first impression.
By Ben Seal
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July 28, 2015 | Delaware Law Weekly
A man who pursued workers' compensation benefits with the Industrial Accident Board is barred by the election of remedies doctrine from pursuing a negligence suit against his employer, despite the IAB rejecting his efforts, the New Castle County Superior Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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July 27, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
A roof painter who signed an independent subcontractor agreement after being injured at the job site is still eligible for workers' compensation benefits because he was an employee at the time of his injury, the Commonwealth Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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July 23, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Following a Third Circuit ruling last year finding a debtor's account number on the outside of an envelope violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled embedding that number in a bar code is equally problematic given the advent of smartphone bar-code readers.
By Ben Seal
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July 22, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
A woman who fled a hospital after crisis workers suggested she be admitted for psychiatric treatment should not have been involuntarily committed and should therefore be allowed to have her mental health record expunged in order to obtain a firearm, the state Superior Court has ruled.
By Ben Seal
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July 14, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
Susan Vivian Mangold began her career at Juvenile Law Center when she was fresh out of law school in 1987, working as a staff attorney on a fellowship from Harvard Law School. This fall, after more than two decades in academia, she'll be returning to the JLC as its new executive director, the organization announced last week.
By Ben Seal
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June 24, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
A New Jersey man is seeking compensatory damages in excess of $5 million in a putative class action against a children's clothing company, alleging it inappropriately advertises sales that don't actually exist. Plus more in this week's column.
By Ben Seal, Marisa Kendall and Amanda Bronstad
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June 12, 2015 | The Legal Intelligencer
The Philadelphia public interest community is in the midst of a flurry of leadership changes, and as longtime pillars of the community pass on their organizations' torches, the same appears to be happening nationwide as a generational shift occurs.
By Ben Seal
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June 5, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
A Westwood restaurant has overstayed its welcome—or, at least, overused its name—according to a lawsuit filed by the National Grange in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
By Ben Seal, Jeff Storey, Miriam Rozen and the Associated Press
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May 29, 2015 | New Jersey Law Journal
As American Pharoah tries to pull away from the competition June 6 to become the first Triple Crown winner in nearly 40 years, the thoroughbred's owner will be trying to distance himself from a $1.65 million breach-of-contract suit over a gambling debt.
By Ben Seal, Mark Hamblett and Celia Ampel
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