I gave a report at the last Pleasant Valley School District meeting on Thursday about how the new tax law changed 529 plans and could affect Pennsylvania School Districts. How this will play out is not yet known but it is something to watch. When Congress passed the...
Texting and Driving Hurts People
We Have No Tolerance for Distracted Drivers–Save the Texting for Later Although many people know not to text while driving, it does not seem to have stopped them. It is a significant public safety issue. I had a recent eye doctor appointment and, although there was a...
Monroe County Pedestrian Injury Lawyers
Pedestrian Injuries in Monroe County PA The National Highway Traffic Safety Association (NHTSA) reports that almost 5000 pedestrians die each year in motor vehicle accidents. Sadly, the number of deaths has been increasing. The 2016 national data shows that pedestrian...
Attorney Geiger Recognized for 30 years of Service to PA Counties
Shareholder Jerry Geiger was recognized for 30 years of service by the County Commissioners’ Association of Pennsylvania (CCAP) at its annual conference in Hershey, PA on November 21, 2017. Attorney Geiger has been representing Counties in eastern...
Artists Protecting Pedestrians
How artists came up with a solution to reverse the increase in pedestrian deaths. Eastern Pennsylvania and Monroe County have had far too many pedestrians seriously injured or killed by motor vehicles in the past few years.The question is what to do about it. The...
PennDOT Says the Old Sticker Can Stay
PennDOT no longer issues vehicle registration stickers. But what to do with the ones already on the license plate? PennDOT just posted this notice on its Facebook page: “You don’t have to remove your old registration sticker from your license plate – law enforcement...
PA Supreme Court Enters Battle on Inequitable School Funding
Judicial Review of a Broken Funding Scheme On September 28, 2017, in William Penn School District v. Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided it had the authority and duty to decide whether Pennsylvania’s school funding scheme is so broken it violates the...
School Disciplines Cheerleader for Snapchat Post
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...
Constitutional Right to Protection from Concussion in Football
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...
As Hurricane Irma Approaches, 3rd Circuit Extends Filing Deadlines
Hurricane Irma Extends Filing Deadlines The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently announced that, due to weather conditions in the Virgin Islands, any non-emergency filing (e.g. briefs, case opening documents,) in a Virgin Islands case that is due during the period...