PHILADELPHIA – Bucks County and several of its corrections officials have motioned to dismiss a local woman’s litigation against them, one connected to the fatal overdose of a man incarcerated in its system, for failure to state a claim.
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker signed House Bill 0219 into law on August 11, 2023, effective immediately. The statutory change will allow heirs of decedents to recover punitive damages.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman has brought litigation against Bucks County and a number of its corrections officials, alleging that their failure to ensure its prison was free of drugs led one of her loved ones to fatally overdose while in custody.
EDWARDSVILLE - Beverly Farm Foundation, Inc. is being sued after one of its residents, a developmentally disabled adult, died while under the defendant's care due to "blunt chest trauma."