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#1 US Court Says Man Can Sue Pennsylvania Over 26 Years of Solitary Confinement
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...
#2 Pennsylvania Supreme Court Yanks Dentist’s COVID Insurance Coverage Win
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...
#3 Pennsylvania to Ban Driver Cell Phone Use, Require Reporting of Traffic Stop Data
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...
#4 Pennsylvania High Court to Decide If Workers’ Compensation Covers CBD Oil
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’...
#5 Staffers Face Allegations Related to Abuse of Pennsylvania Charter School Students
Apr 7 2025 // Twenty staffers at a suburban Philadelphia charter school are facing charges related to the alleged physical abuse of students using painful, unapproved techniques to restrain and punish youths in a program meant to help...
#6 Pennsylvania Shootout Highlights Rising Violence Against US Hospital Workers
Feb 25 2025 // A man who took hostages in a Pennsylvania hospital during a shooting that killed a police officer and wounded five other people highlights the rising violence against U.S. healthcare workers and the challenge of protecting...
#7 Pennsylvania Court: No Coverage for Mother’s Distress Over Son’s Overdose Death
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...
#8 Pennsylvania Supreme Court to Review Stabbing Death Ruled Homicide Then Suicide
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...
#9 Jury Awards $24M to Pennsylvania Man Injured in Botched Spinal Surgery
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...
#10 Utility Regulators Cite Natural Gas Company in Fatal 2021 Blast in Pennsylvania
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...
#11 Pennsylvania Task Force Urges Tax Breaks for Flood Damage, Mitigation and Insurance
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...
#12 Lawsuit Aims to End LGBTQ Antidiscrimination Protections in Pennsylvania
Mar 11 2025 // Two public school districts and several parents have sued Pennsylvania in a bid to undo antidiscrimination protections for gay and transgender people, saying the state’s two-year-old regulation is illegal because it...
#13 Judge Cuts Bayer $2.25 Billion Roundup Verdict to $400 Million
Jun 5 2024 // A Pennsylvania judge on Tuesday slashed a $2.25 billion U.S. verdict against Bayer to $400 million for a Pennsylvania man who said he developed cancer from exposure to the company’s Roundup weedkiller. A jury in the...
#14 Judge Ends Uber Black Drivers’ ‘Futile’ Court Quest for Employee Status in Pennsylvania
Aug 2 2024 // Eight years of litigation, multiple court opinions, and two deadlocked trials are enough. A federal judge in Pennsylvania has put an end to what he says is “futile” litigation over whether Uber Black drivers,...
#15 Pennsylvania Says U.S. Deal With Norfolk Southern Falls Short
Aug 5 2024 // Pennsylvania officials contend that a $310 million federal government settlement reached with Norfolk Southern Railway Co. over the 2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio does not adequately meet the needs of...
#16 Lawsuits Claim Children Were Sexually Abused in Pennsylvania Juvenile Facilities
Oct 28 2024 // A set of lawsuits was filed last Wednesday by people who claim they were sexually abused inside Pennsylvania juvenile detention and treatment facilities, making more than 200 people to have launched such cases since...
#17 Vendor That Mishandled Pennsylvania Virus Data to Pay $2.7M in Whistleblower Case
May 9 2024 // A large staffing firm that performed COVID-19 contact tracing for Pennsylvania and exposed the private medical information of about 72,000 residents will pay $2.7 million in a settlement with the Justice Department and a...
#18 Third Circuit Finds Pennsylvania’s JUA — and Its Surplus— Are Public, Not Private
Dec 19 2024 // Pennsylvania’s facility that insures high risk medical professionals is a public agency, not a private entity, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled. The ruling by a three-judge panel opens the door for...
#19 Crews Continue Efforts to Stabilize Pennsylvania Sinkhole Area
Jan 14 2025 // A sinkhole where a Pennsylvania woman fell to her death last month is now being filled with hundreds of cubic yards of grout in a bid to stabilize the site. The work in the village of Marguerite, about 40 miles (64...
#20 Pennsylvania Woman Charged With Filing Claim on Barn Pulled Down by TV Show
Apr 4 2025 // A Pennsylvania woman who sold part of her barn for use in a barn-rebuilding TV reality show now faces charges after investigators said she filed a fraudulent wind claim on the structure. Tracey Jeffreys, 63, of the Milton...
