ERIE – Six voters’ rights groups have launched litigation against acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh M. Chapman and all of the county boards of election statewide, in order to compel official to accept undated mail-in ballots and “not disenfranchise voters based on an immaterial paperwork error.”
ERIE – A Pennsylvania man who alleged he was erroneously arrested for homicide by Oil City police authorities in 2019 and caused to serve the better part of two years in prison, for a crime in which it was later proven that he did not commit, has settled his claims for malicious prosecution.
ERIE – A federal judge has denied a motion for a new trial to a Meadville couple who sued an Ohio trucking firm and one of its drivers, after the defendants were found not negligent in an accident with the husband-plaintiff more than five years ago.
ERIE – An Ohio trucking firm and one of its drivers, after being found not negligent in an accident with a Meadville man, are opposing the plaintiffs’ attempt to motion for a new trial on the grounds of improper jury instruction.
ERIE – A federal court jury has ruled that an Ohio trucking firm and one of its drivers acted fully without negligence after a Meadville man was run over by his tractor-trailer, but the plaintiffs have already motioned for a new trial on the basis of the jury being given improper instructions as to the charges being considered.