In early April, the United States Supreme Court (SCOTUS) made it easier for plaintiffs to file some civil rights claims after their criminal cases end in Pennsylvania. The 6-3 ruling allows plaintiffs to bring malicious prosecution suits to federal court by only...
Lawsuits involve two parties involved in a dispute. One party brings a civil claim against another, and the claimant is known as the plaintiff. Those filing a lawsuit in a Pennsylvania court may or may not have a strong case, but all claimants are plaintiffs. Those...
Although the U.S. Supreme Court famously said that that students do not “shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate,” the reality is somewhat different. In an age when schools are arming teachers, digital threats...
This lawsuit addresses the liability of a Pennsylvania County Sheriff’s office for hiring an extradition company whose employees harmed an extradited prisoner. Police stopped Darren Richardson for rolling through a stop sign in Hernando County, Florida. They took...
Although there are a few exceptions, Pennsylvania law requires that legal process be served by the County Sheriff’s Office. But what is a sheriff’s deputy to do when the defendant he is supposed to serve has posted her property with “No...
Federal Court in Wilkes-Barre Stops School from Disciplining Cheerleader for Off-campus Speech Yesterday, federal District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo issued a preliminary injunction forbidding the Mahanoy School District from punishing one of its cheerleaders for...
14th Amendment Requires Schools to Protect High School football players from concussion injuries On September 21, 2017, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals filed a precedential opinion ruling that high school football players have a constitutional right to be protected...
MCCF Suicide Mumun Barbaros committed suicide at the Monroe County Correctional Facility on March 22, 2009 while awaiting trial for criminal trespass. Barbaros choked to death from the remnants of a t-shirt lodged in his throat. Federal Lawsuit Barbaros’ estate sued...
On August 3, 2017, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals rejected a federal civil rights lawsuit victims filed against Ross Township, Pennsylvania officials. The victims sought recovery for their injuries and the deaths of their family members when Township resident Rockne...
The 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals just ruled in Fields v. City of Philadelphia that the 1st Amendment protects your right to film police officers. Judge Ambro wrote the decision and began his opinion by referencing the Rodney King beating by the LA Police Department....
