By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
PUC properly held that it had no authority over the transfer of "partial rights" to operate a taxi in Philadelphia because the Philadelphia Parking Authority had complete authority over taxi companies providing service within the city and had exclusive authority to grant, deny or impose conditions on the transfer of the portion of operational rights within the city. Affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 28, 2017
After a law pertaining to a fee structure imposed on the taxicab industry was declared unconstitutional, the city parking authority was required to give retroactive notices to class members and provide the opportunity for a hearing. Class members were not entitled to completely avoid the fees for the period during which the unconstitutional law was in effect.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Portion of street in use by railroad track was dedicated to the public use prior to implementation of 21-year statute of limitations, evidenced by charter granted by the commonwealth to a railroad corporation to construct the railway. Order of the trial court affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
In this case involving injuries sustained by a worker during the course of employment, venue was proper in a county where the employer regularly conducted business. Motion to dismiss for forum non-conveniens denied.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 30, 2017
Defendants' petition to open a confessed judgment failed to meet the basic requirements necessary for such relief, i.e., prompt action, a meritorious defense and sufficient evidence to require submission of the case to a jury. The court denied defendants' petition to open a confessed judgment.
By C. Ryan Barber | June 29, 2017
Takata was among the clients Dechert partner Steven Bradbury, President Trump's nominee for Transportation Department general counsel, identified on his financial disclosure form. "I recognize that I am recused for my entire time as general counsel, if I am confirmed, from all aspects of Takata recalls," Bradbury said. He reported earning nearly $1.15 million from Dechert between January 2016 and May 2017.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 23, 2017
The plaintiff taxi cab operators sufficiently alleged claims under the U.S. Constitution's equal protection and takings clauses where they claimed the Philadelphia Parking Authority engaged in disparate treatment by heavily regulating traditional taxis while failing to regulate transport network companies such as Uber and Lyft and asserted that taxi operators had a property right in their medallions. The court denied in part defendants' motion to dismiss.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 14, 2017
A man who sustained traumatic brain injuries after a tractor-trailer crashed into his car as it was stopped on an Illinois highway is set to receive $9.75 million from a settlement with the trucking company.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | June 8, 2017
On Nov. 19, 2013, at about 5 p.m., plaintiff Francisco Ramos-Becerra, 44, a landscaper, was in the bed of his Ford pickup truck on the shoulder of Interstate 81, in Guildford Township. He was refilling his pickup with fuel. While he was doing so, he was rear-ended by the cab of a truck, which was being driven without its trailer. The cab had veered off the road and struck Ramos-Becerra's pickup at about 50 miles per hour.
By P.J. D'Annunzio | June 7, 2017
A lawsuit against the Philadelphia Parking Authority filed by the city's taxi companies over the PPA's alleged failure to regulate competitors Uber and Lyft can move forward, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled.
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