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Defendants Must Pay Fees Of ,700 After Removal Fails
U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick took the rare step of ordering a group of defendants in an auto accident case to pay the plaintiffs` legal fees of ,700 after finding that they had no legal basis for removing the case to federal court - and that they waited too long.Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of the Year
The Law Journal's annual review of personal injury cases resulting in the largest recoveriesChildren in Auto Accidents With Parents Settle for $6 Million
Two Pennsylvania settlements totaling more than $6 million were struck this week in lawsuits brought by children who suffered brain injuries in car accidents in which a parent was driving. In one, a suit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, attorneys secured a $2 million settlement for Steffane Wharton, whose mother is an IRS agent and was driving a rented car on IRS business at the time of the accident.Benefits Reinstated for Teacher Bitten While Breaking Up Fight
A Pennsylvania appellate court panel has ordered reinstated the benefits originally awarded to a Philadelphia schoolteacher who said she suffered psychologically after she was bitten on the arm while breaking up a fight between two fourth-graders. A workers' compensation judge awarded Bartholetti lost wages and medical benefits, but the Workers' Compensation Appeal Board reversed the wages award. A Commonwealth Court panel reinstated the benefits, ruling that the teacher had "shouldered her burden."Court Expands Workers' Comp Retaliation Claim to Co-Workers
An employee who is fired for refusing to dissuade a subordinate from pursuing a workers' compensation claim may now bring a wrongful discharge claim against the employer, a divided Pennsylvania Superior Court ruled in a case of first impression. The court relied on a state supreme court case that determined it's a violation of public policy for an employer to terminate an at-will employee for filing such a claim.Lawyers' Fund for Client Protection List of Ineligible Attorneys
Notice to the bar.Pa. Justices Consider Reach of at-Will Employment
Even if an employer fires a supervisor for refusing to dissuade a subordinate employee from filing a workers' compensation claim, such a termination is lawful under Pennsylvania's at-will employment doctrine, an appellant's lawyer argued this week before the state's high court. The case stems from a wrongful-discharge claim by a man who was fired for not pressuring his son into signing a release absolving the company of workers' comp liability.More from ALM
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