PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted a 90-day stay in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison.
PHILADELPHIA – A Massachusetts man is prepared to settle legal action against the City of Philadelphia and a contingent of first responders, which claimed they used excessive force in responding to his son’s opiate overdose and caused his death, for $275,000.
ALLENTOWN – After three years of litigation, a New Jersey man jailed by Bethlehem authorities for allegedly soliciting sex with what he believed was a 14-year-old girl has lost his case against law enforcement authorities, which claimed he was falsely taken into custody and imprisoned in the sting operation that resulted in his arrest.
PHILADELPHIA – Wawa and other defendants have won dismissal of a New Jersey developer’s anti-trust litigation against a Pennsylvania competitor, which claimed the latter conspired to prevent the development of a major retail project featuring the Royal Farms Convenience Store in the vicinity of a Merck headquarters.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has thrown out a dismissal motion from defendants accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits or a refund to a retailer who paid them nearly $2 million, ordering that the forum of the case is proper.