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Small-claims court is designed to provide a legal forum for resolving disputes over relatively small sums of money in an informal setting. Lawyers are generally prohibited from representing parties in small-claims court. (See Code Civ. Proc, § 116.530(a).) Nonetheless, attorneys can play an important role in the process, both before and after the small claims […]

PHILADELPHIA – The parent of a child who claimed he was subjected to an unreasonable search by two Philadelphia Police Department officers two years ago has accepted a $15,000 offer to settle the case.

HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania State Police and two state troopers are attempting to dismiss a lawsuit from a Chambersburg woman, who alleged she was subjected to excessive force during a DUI traffic stop arrest by five state troopers in January 2019.

PHILADELPHIA – A local car dealership which alleged the City of Philadelphia illegally seized one of its stolen vehicles and then sold it at auction, has settled its claims in the matter.

Conclusion to a two part Blog on Experiments by the US District Courts, in both the Southern and Northern Districts of California, with a type of Alternative Dispute Resolution...

ALLENTOWN – Litigation from a New Jersey woman who alleged a host of bodily injuries when she slipped and fell on a sidewalk patch of ice while walking to her rented room at a local Red Roof Inn one year ago, has been settled.

INYO COUNTY ADOPTS RULES FOR FILING TAX ASSESSMENT APPEALS

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man who alleged that the City of Philadelphia’s Licenses and Inspections Department engaged in a campaign of unfair treatment against him for years, culminating in the Department demolishing two of his properties located adjacent to the scene of a fire in October 2019, has settled his claims.

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PHILADELPHIA – An associate at a drug treatment center has settled claims that his employer and its personnel violated public policy by retaliating against him for exercising his rights and making a good faith report of wrongdoing and waste.