Pennsylvania News

New rules announced May 11 by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania direct unclaimed money from class-action lawsuits be mandated to provide legal services for low-income Pennsylvanians.

Medical malpractice lawsuits in Pennsylvania have dropped by more than 40 percent for four consecutive years compared to the two years before two rules were changed by the state Supreme Court in 2003.

A six-year decline in the amount of medical malpractice lawsuits filed in Pennsylvania stopped in 2011.

An Illinois couple has filed a product liability complaint in federal court in Philadelphia against drug maker Glaxosmithkline, alleging the defendant’s drug Avandia, used to treat diabetes, caused the wife to suffer a heart attack five years ago.

A Phoenix woman pleaded guilty in federal district court today to attempted mail and wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud a pharmaceutical giant and a trust set up to register victims for settlement benefits.

A pedestrian who claims she suffered leg injuries after tripping over cracked and broken sidewalk adjacent to a popular downtown Philadelphia hotel, damage she contends is caused by delivery trucks illegally, and with the city’s unofficial permission, parking on the walkway to load and unload products at the hotel, has filed a federal complaint against the City of Philadelphia and the Ritz-Carlton Company.

A Pennsylvania pharmaceutical company will pay $180,000 to resolve claims that that it allegedly encouraged doctors to submit inflated claims to Medicare for imaging scans.

Three weeks after an administrative judge for Philadelphia's Court of Common Pleas clamped down on the court's exploding mass tort docket, Philly plaintiffs lawyers are fighting back.

A Texas couple won't be allowed to file its asbestos lawsuit in Philadelphia.  Deborah Gibson and her current husband Lark filed suit over her mesothelioma in September in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas. The lawsuit was dismissed two months later.

In a mere five pages issued late Wednesday, Administrative Judge John Herron of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas singlehandedly effected defense-friendly changes that it usually takes a state legislature to enact.