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CIVIL RIGHTS-RELIGION-COVID VACCINE

Posted on April 18, 2025 - 8:39 am by

Allegheny Cnty. Dep’t of Health v. Wilkerson, 2024 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 263 (Pa. Commonwealth Court, December 19, 2024) (Wallace, J.) The Allegheny County Department of Health petition for review of an Order of the State Civil Service Commission which instated the appeal of employee Wilkerson and overruled the department’s action of terminating her from employment. […]

CIVIL RIGHTS-RELIGION-COVID VACCINE

Posted on March 28, 2025 - 12:53 pm by

Allegheny Cnty. Dep’t of Health v. Wilkerson, 2024 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 263 (Pa. Commonwealth Court, December 19, 2024) (Wallace, J.) The Allegheny County Department of Health petition for review of an Order of the State Civil Service Commission which instated the appeal of employee Wilkerson and overruled the department’s action of terminating her from employment. […]

INSURANCE-FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW-UIM-STACKING WAIVER FORM-NEW PRODUCT

Posted on March 18, 2025 - 9:31 am by

McGuire v. Nationwide Affinity Ins. Co. of Am., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 40195 (Pennsylvania Western District Court, March 6, 2025) (Ranjan, J.) On September 11, 2024, the Court issued an opinion, granting partial summary judgment in this underinsured motorist coverage case. As the parties made clear, the key dispute in this case was whether Nationwide’s […]

INSURANCE-FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY LAW-UNDER INSURANCE-EXHAUSTION OF OTHER POLICIES

Posted on March 7, 2025 - 7:45 am by

Ford v. Progressive Specialty Ins. Co., 2025 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 39728 (Pa. Eastern Dist. Ct., March 5, 2025)(Slomsky, J.) This case arises from a dispute over benefits Plaintiff Michael J. Ford (“Plaintiff”) believed he had under his auto insurance policy (the “Progressive Specialty Policy”) issued by Defendant Progressive Specialty Insurance Company (“Defendant” or “Progressive”). Plaintiff, […]

ATTORNEYS FEES-PREVAILING PARTIES-1988

Posted on February 28, 2025 - 2:44 pm by

Lackey v. Stinnie, 2025 U.S. LEXIS 866 (U.S. Supreme Court, February 25, 2025) (Roberts, J.) Drivers whose licenses were suspended under a Virginia statute for failure to pay court fines sued the Commissioner of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles under 42 U. S. C. §1983, challenging the statute as unconstitutional. The District Court granted […]