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13 Jan 2021, 9:00 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
However, the law that plaintiffs challenge here truly is in violation of our commonwealth’s constitutional structure, so in the interest of equity, we must not penalize the plaintiffs for their tardiness. [read post]
12 Jan 2021, 3:30 am by Eric B. Meyer
That is, in a state like Pennsylvania — technically, it’s a Commonwealth — there are common law “public policy” exceptions to the at-will employment doctrine. [read post]
11 Jan 2021, 5:55 am by Howard Bashman
“Prison guards can’t be fired for taunting inmate on suicide watch, sharply split Pa. court says”: Matt Miller of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has this report on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania issued Friday. [read post]
10 Jan 2021, 5:42 pm by Howard Bashman
” You can access Thursday’s 3-to-2 unpublished ruling of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania at this link. [read post]
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania found on Thursday that the Victims’ Rights Amendment—passed by voters in November 2019—violated Article XI, Section 1 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. [read post]
6 Jan 2021, 8:47 am by Matt Cooper
Pennsylvania: https://electioncases.osu.edu/case/kelly-v-commonwealth/ From the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s decision: “[W]e hereby dismiss the petition for review with prejudice based upon Petitioners’ failure to file their facial constitutional challenge in a timely manner. [read post]
6 Jan 2021, 8:00 am by Attorney Ketchel
In October 2020, the Pennsylvania House passed a bill to amend the commonwealth’s DUI law to decriminalize driving while traces of marijuana are still in the system of legal medical-marijuana users. [read post]
29 Dec 2020, 5:00 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
McGraw decision by the Pennsylvania Superior Court back in 2013 in which that court suggested that it was permissible to conduct a trial of the claims against the tortfeasor and the UIM carrier before the same jury (the Pennsylvania Supreme Court inexplicably denied allocatur in the case).To date, there remain splits of authority all across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on a wide variety of Post-Koken issues in terms of pleadings, discovery, and… [read post]
23 Dec 2020, 5:13 am by Daniel E. Cummins, Esq.
.), the Pennsylvania Supreme Court addressed the standards for when the sudden emergency defense should be applied in a motor vehicle accident case.In his Majority Opinion, Justice Wecht noted that Pennsylvania law “recognizes that sometimes injurious accidents are not caused by carelessness, but because events conspire to create a situation so urgent and unexpected that the person alleged to be blameworthy had little or no practical opportunity to avert the harm. [read post]
21 Dec 2020, 6:23 am by Glenn Neiman
  A brief we filed with the Commonwealth Court was lost within the USPS (despite the presence of a tracking number) requiring that we mail it again. [read post]
18 Dec 2020, 12:27 pm by Zachary B. Cooper, Attorney at Law, P.C.
If you are a Pennsylvania resident charged with a DUI crime, it is wise to meet with a capable Pennsylvania DUI defense attorney to assess your potential defenses. [read post]
17 Dec 2020, 8:30 pm by Jim Sedor
Many of Trump’s GOP allies in Congress were not swayed by the Supreme Court’s refusal to hear the challenge brought by the Texas attorney general that asked the justices to invalidate millions of ballots cast in four battleground states – Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Georgia – and toss out Biden’s win. [read post]
13 Dec 2020, 6:34 pm by Matt Cooper
Wolf, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court dismissed the plaintiffs’ complaint for a writ of mandamus that sought a court order for the governor to withdraw certification of the state’s Presidential election results. [read post]
11 Dec 2020, 10:40 am by Tom Smith
In Pennsylvania, it was quite literally illegal to open and count mail-in ballots after Election Day, and no court in the Commonwealth had the authority to change that. [read post]
10 Dec 2020, 6:41 pm
Employers with open physical locations must follow the guidance developed by the Commonwealth in order to reduce the risk of COVID-19 spread and to protect the safety of workers. [read post]
10 Dec 2020, 6:40 am by Derek T. Muller
Texas might (subject to many other caveats, of course—Professor Lisa Marshall Manheim highlights some of them) be able to seek relief against, say, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the Supreme Court. [read post]