Gov't Costs Can't Force Immunity Appeals, Pa. Justices Told
ADVERTISEMENT Gov't Costs Can't Force Immunity Appeals, Pa. Justices Told Law360 (May 18, 2021, 3:48 PM EDT) -- An attorney for a woman suing Philadelphia's court system after she walked into a glass wall at a local courthouse told the Pennsylvania Supreme Court that the cost of taking the case to trial isn't grounds for an immediate appeal of a decision rejecting claims of sovereign immunity. Jerry Lyons, an attorney with Chaiken Lyons & Gaynier representing Wanda Brooks in her case against the family division of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, said that allowing appeals of i...
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