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The Montgomery County Courthouse Plaza in Norristown, Pa. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
During the May 18 primary election, one of the many decisions voters in the Philadelphia suburbs will make is about who will sit on the courts that often serve as the very first step for any significant legal issue.
These are the Common Pleas courts, the lowest-level courts for which the commonwealth holds elections.
There are sixty of them statewide generally one per county, though several rural counties are doubled up and they seat between one and 93 judges. Those judges are selected for 10-year terms in statewide, partisan elections, and then are put to a yes-or-no retention vote for subsequent terms.
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PHILADELPHIA – The MyLife.com website denies that it defamed a Bucks County man and fencing instruction facility, and has motioned to dismiss the lawsuit filed against it alleging the same or send it to compulsory arbitration.
Mark Holbrow of New Hope first filed suit in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas on Feb. 3 versus MyLife.com, Inc., of Los Angeles, Calif.
Holbrow is the owner and operator of the Bucks County Academy of Fencing, an athletic facility which has provided lessons and competitive training in the sport of fencing to all ages, particularly children. It was said the plaintiff substantially relies on his reputation for personal and business development.
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Editor s note: This story has been updated to reflect that the event is no longer a fundraising opportunity.
HILLTOWN U.S. District Court Judge Cynthia M. Rufe has been named 2021 “Woman of Influence,” an accolade to be presented by Pearl S. Buck International at a dinner and awards ceremony June 24 on the grounds of the Pearl S. Buck House, 520 Dublin Road.
Rufe, a Bucks County native who serves as a judge of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, will be the guest of honor at a dinner and award presentation from 6 to 8 p.m. Guests attending the event will be required to follow COVID-19 health and safety protocols, including social distancing and mask-wearing.
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A Pennsylvania gym owner filed a defamation lawsuit against a local man and a petition company that he claims unfairly maligned him by alleging he partook in the Capitol riot.
Jim Worthington, the owner of Newtown Athletic Club in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, filed the suit on April 16 in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas against Gregory Bullough, who created a petition to get community partners to end their relationships with him on MoveOn.com, which was also named in the suit, according to the
Worthington, a prominent supporter of former President Donald Trump who defied the state’s coronavirus lockdown orders, organized three buses to transport 200 people to Trump’s Jan. 6 rally. He traveled separately to Washington, D.C., to attend the rally, and the complaint said he did not go to the Capitol or commit any criminal acts.
Bucks County gym owner files defamation lawsuit over petition alleging his involvement in the Capitol insurrection Ellie Rushing, The Philadelphia Inquirer
The owner of a Bucks County gym and wellness center filed a defamation lawsuit against a Doylestown resident and the website he used to make a petition, in which he called on people and businesses to boycott the facility over the owner’s involvement in organizing buses to go to the U.S. Capitol the day of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
The lawsuit, filed Friday in Bucks County’s Court of Common Pleas, alleges that MoveOn.org and Gregory Bullough, who created the petition, are responsible for publishing “false, malicious and defamatory” accusations against Jim Worthington, the owner of Newtown Athletic Club.