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By Max Mitchell | September 12, 2019
'These claims are expressions of frustration and dissatisfaction with the amount of the 2016 settlement,' Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Frederica Massiah-Jackson wrote.
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By Max Mitchell | September 3, 2019
According to U.S. District Judge Harvey Bartle, the fraudulent concealment argument may have been successful in delaying the statute of limitations if the attorneys handling the plaintiffs' claims had conducted any discovery on the issue.
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By Zack Needles | August 29, 2019
Attorneys can petition to recover fees under the Unfair Trade Practice and Consumer Protection Law for time they spent preparing and litigating fee petitions—but only within reason, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled in a case that could prove instructive for litigators across the state.
By Max Mitchell | August 27, 2019
Meek Mill agreed to plead guilty to a first-degree misdemeanor offense of carrying a firearm. The offense carries a sentence of up to five years in prison and a fine of as much as $10,000, but the Philadelphia District Attorney's Office had agreed that he deserved no further punishment.
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By Max Mitchell | August 14, 2019
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to review the Superior Court's practice of evaluating damages in a piecemeal fashion.
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By Max Mitchell | August 14, 2019
Pappert rejected arguments that the immunity extended to the teacher, given the severity of the alleged conduct, and ultimately held that the allegations were sufficient for the plaintiffs to present a range of punitive damages claims against the teacher.
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By Max Mitchell | August 12, 2019
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reinstated discrimination claims that a former University of Pennsylvania police officer brought against the school for allegedly refusing to accommodate a skin condition he suffered that left him unable to shave.
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By Max Mitchell | August 9, 2019
U.S. District Judge J. Curtis Joyner of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a motion to quash a subpoena issued by Retrophin, in which the company sought to depose an executive at Prinston Pharmaceuticals.
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By Max Mitchell | August 8, 2019
A unanimous three-judge Superior Court panel in Clark v. Stover ruled that the plaintiffs failed to bring their legal malpractice case against Centre County attorney Jeffrey Stover within the applicable statute of limitations.
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By Max Mitchell | July 31, 2019
A three-judge Superior Court panel ruled in Davis v. Volkswagen that the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas did not err when it instructed juries on both theories of liability that the state Supreme Court established in Tincher, even though the plaintiff only litigated her case under the consumer expectation test.
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