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...
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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...
Client Reviews from Google – August 2017 Latest Client Review from Google of Vincent Rubino Nobody wants to go through bankruptcy, but if you must then I highly recommend Vince Rubino and his team. In fact, determining if you really must file bankruptcy is something...
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...
A 15-year-old Connecticut student at a private boarding school in Connecticut (The Hotchkiss School) sued her school in federal court after she contracted tick-borne encephalitis on an educational trip to China the school organized. A jury awarded her $41.75 million....
Our law firm is seeking to hire an experienced paralegal to join our busy litigation team in a full-time role. We handle a broad variety of litigation but the focus will be on personal injury, federal civil rights litigation, worker’s compensation, and social...
PENNSYLVANIA BANKRUPTCY LAW A recent bankruptcy case from New York State, In re Addams, 564 B.R. 458 (Bankr. E.D. N.Y 2017), confirmed that it is not possible to utilize a bankruptcy case to bifurcate a home mortgage – divide it between a partially secured and...
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...
I just wrote a post on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s recent decision to re-visit when schools and municipalities may be held liable for dangerous conditions on their properties. Brewington The case I wrote about was Brewington v. City of Philadelphia, 149...
