The Pennsylvania Supreme Court met recently to clarify some changes to the state’s worker classifications. The court addressed the status of independent contractors under employment compensation law. The ruling impacts an employer’s ability to claim tax exemptions for...
Video of Teacher Roughly Disciplining Student Subject to Disclosure
Right to Know Law Ruling The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court ruled on July 20, 2018 that the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL) required disclosure of a school bus surveillance video, which showed a teacher roughly disciplining a student on a bus. The Court rejected the...
Attorney Geiger Wins Case of First Impression for County in Federal Prisoner Transport Lawsuit
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...
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...
I-80 Reconstruction Project Open House on December 5, 2017
PennDOT announces 3rd Round Open House Meeting on December 5, 2017 PennDOT advises that it will hold a third round open house for the I-80 Reconstruction Project at the Stroudsburg High School on December 5, 2017 from 5-7 p.m. The public meeting will be an open house...
Newman Williams Lawyers in the News—Aug. 3, 2017—Jerry Geiger
Monroe County Pennsylvania Legal News The Pocono Record recently reported that the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Philadelphia, rejected a lawsuit filed against Monroe County Sheriff Todd Martin and Ross Township solicitor John Dunn. The case arose out of a...