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Sep 27 2024 // A man who spent 26 years in solitary confinement despite a history of mental illness can sue Pennsylvania prison officials for alleged cruel and unusual punishment, a U.S. appeals court said in reviving the man’s...
Mar 1 2024 // A dispute between an insurer and a yacht owner went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court with a decision recently—the first of its kind on marine insurance in about 70 years—to clarify federal maritime law and state...
Apr 19 2024 // Pennsylvania utility regulators must turn over inspection records to the National Transportation Safety Board as part of the federal agency’s probe into a fatal explosion at a chocolate factory last year, a federal...
Oct 4 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has reversed lower court rulings and denied a dentist’s bid for insurance coverage for loss of use of his offices due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The high court concluded in a case...
May 13 2024 // Pennsylvania will join the majority of states that ban motorists from handling a cell phone for almost any purpose while driving, as backers of the legislation hope to reduce distracted driving accidents and deaths after...
May 3 2024 // A veteran Pennsylvania workers’ compensation attorney will soon have a chance to argue before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that his own use of cannabinoid oil (CBD oil) is covered by workers’...
Mar 28 2024 // The collision of three Norfolk Southern trains in Pennsylvania early this month highlights the shortcomings of the automated braking system that was created to prevent such crashes.None of the circumstances the National...
Apr 12 2024 // The lawyers who negotiated a $600 million settlement with Norfolk Southern over that railroad’s disastrous 2023 derailment in Ohio want residents to talk with them before deciding the historic deal isn’t...
Feb 1 2024 // Two Pennsylvania county governments — Bucks and Washington— reported some progress this week restoring computer systems and overcoming the effects of cyber incidents.But both still have work to do to return to...
Apr 10 2024 // Pennsylvania has issued guidance for insurance companies’ use of artificial intelligence systems (AIS) based on a model adopted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).The Pennsylvania Insurance...
Apr 7 2024 // An unusual East Coast earthquake shook millions of people from New York and Philadelphia skyscrapers to rural New England on Friday, causing no widespread damage but startling an area unaccustomed to temblors.The U.S....
May 2 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that Nationwide Property and Casualty is not obligated to defend its homeowner insureds against a wrongful death claim for emotional and mental distress brought by a mother whose...
Mar 1 2024 // A Delaware woman will serve 5 to 10 years in state prison for a workers’ compensation scam that spanned 2.5 years, two states, and cost a Pennsylvania employer more than $170,000, according to Pennsylvania Attorney...
Aug 6 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal from the family of a Philadelphia woman whose 2011 stabbing death was initially ruled a homicide before the medical examiner switched it to suicide after police...
Oct 1 2024 // A Pennsylvania jury has awarded a $23.87 million verdict to James Spangler, a 58-year-old Harley Davidson mechanic from Manchester who suffered catastrophic injuries following a botched spinal surgery.The verdict...
Mar 28 2024 // Republican state lawmakers in Pennsylvania are pushing Gov. Josh Shapiro’s administration to do more to investigate the deaths of older adults who are the subject of an abuse or neglect complaint after Pennsylvania...
Feb 2 2024 // The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a “regular use” exclusion in an auto insurance policy that prohibits underinsured motorist coverage for injuries involving a non-owned vehicle that an insured used...
Jul 30 2024 // State utility regulators have filed a complaint against a natural gas provider alleging safety violations in connection with an explosion in a central Pennsylvania borough that killed one person and injured several others...
Jul 8 2024 // Pennsylvania lawmakers should consider granting homeowners tax breaks for water damage expenses, mitigation and repair costs, and flood insurance premiums, according to a new state report.Those are several of the...
Mar 6 2024 // Norfolk Southern crews and contractors are working on cleanup and track repair after a collision and derailment in eastern Pennsylvania over the weekend involving three trains that left some railroad cars scattered along a...