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States, including the Commonwealth, enjoy immunity from suit and have since “before the ratification of the Constitution.” Goldman v. Septa, 57 A.3d 1154, 1172 (Pa. 2012) (quoting Alden v. Maine, 527 U.S. 706, 713 (1999)).

It is common in construction disputes between sophisticated parties for the parties to agree to engage in a bench trial, as opposed to a trial by jury.

It is a well-known tenet of law in New Jersey that a party has 30 days from the arbitration award to file a trial de novo, rejecting the arbitration award and returning the matter to the trial calendar.

The Sixth Circuit recently considered a consolidated appeal regarding how delivery drivers should be reimbursed for the cost of providing their vehicles for work.

This appeal involved the analysis of the accrual date in the context of a constructive discharge claim brought under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (LAD) and the Contentious Employee Protection Act (CEPA).

The defendant, San Marco, filed a property claim with its insurer, American Coastal, for damage sustained to its property after Hurricane Irma. American Coastal paid San Marco for the claimed damage.

The household vehicle exclusion has once again been proven to be viable and enforceable—under the right circumstances. Major was using her mother’s vehicle when she was struck by another vehicle operated by Cruz.

The Pennsylvania Superior Court affirmed the trial court’s dismissal of the appellant’s legal malpractice action against a law firm on the basis of the gist of the action doctrine.

A Cleveland police officer was stopped at a stop light. Without turning on his lights and sirens, he checked for oncoming traffic and advanced through the intersection.

Todd Howard was a resident at Bunker Hill, a home for wayward boys. He snuck out of the facility to meet with his friends, Zeb Freeman and Derrick Hizer. He snuck out through a path that was well-known to Bunker Hill, but unprotected.