The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Michael Riccardi | April 12, 2019
Following is a listing of executive and legislative action from the week of April 8. Both houses of the General Assembly were in recess at press time. The state House of Representatives was set to reconvene Monday. The Pennsylvania Senate is scheduled to return to session April 29.
By VerdictSearch | April 11, 2019
On May 19, 2014, plaintiff Lakeisha Wilson, a woman in her 40s, was stopped in traffic on Abbottsford Avenue, near its intersection with Fox Street, in North Philadelphia. Her sport utility vehicle was rear-ended by a sedan. The sedan had been rear-ended by a car that had been struck by a sedan driven by Lorenda Legions, who initiated the multivehicle collision.
The Legal Intelligencer | Expert Opinion
By Samuel C. Stretton | April 11, 2019
I am confused about the role of special prosecutor investigating the president of the United States. I am also confused about the role of the various lawyers representing the president. What is the rule in law? Can the special prosecutor reveal information ethically?
By P.J. D'Annunzio | April 11, 2019
A Philadelphia jury handed down a nearly $3 million verdict against a Berks County children's residential treatment home accused of ignoring the warning signs of a mentally ill teenager's intent to commit suicide.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Alana Fortna | April 11, 2019
The Clean Water Act regulates the discharge of pollutants into “waters of the United States” pursuant to National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits issued by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) or an authorized state agency.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Edward T. Kang | April 11, 2019
The attorney-client privilege, the oldest evidentiary privilege known to the common law, is an exception to one of the main policies behind the paramount rule of evidence that relevant evidence is admissible at trial. In this regard, the attorney-client privilege is an obstruction to the search for the truth.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | April 11, 2019
In a case with potentially wide-reaching ramifications, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court is now set to determine how the U.S. Supreme Court's high-profile decision in Bristol-Myers Squibb v. Superior Court of California impacts the pelvic mesh litigation centralized in Philadelphia.
The Legal Intelligencer | Commentary
By Kenneth Portner | April 11, 2019
While some states have statutes and regulations setting forth an insurer's obligations with respect to matching claims, Pennsylvania is not one of them.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Steven A. Meyerowitz | April 11, 2019
A federal district court in Pennsylvania has ruled that an insurance company did not owe coverage to a couple injured in an auto accident under a policy issued to the husband's father where the couple did not reside with his parents.
The Legal Intelligencer | News
By Zack Needles | April 11, 2019
Although he was awarded nearly $64,000 by a Philadelphia jury, the plaintiff in a slip-and-fall case against hotel chain Marriott was prejudiced by his inability to submit testimony by a medical expert and is entitled to a new trial on damages, the Pennsylvania Superior Court has ruled.
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