HowAppealing

JULY 20, 2023

High Court Adopts Per-Defendant Calculation of Punitive-to-Compensatory Damages Ratio”: Aleeza Furman of The Legal Intelligencer has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania issued yesterday. ’s Constitutional Punitive Damages Caselaw ” and “ More from Pa.

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HowAppealing

MARCH 29, 2022

“Whether, in cases where the compensatory damages award is substantial, a punitive-to-compensatory damages ratio exceeding 9:1 is presumptively unconstitutional under U.S. Supreme Court precedent?”

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday publicly released a letter that found Pennsylvania’s court system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) because it prohibited or limited individuals under court supervision from taking medication to treat opioid use disorder (OUD).

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JURIST

AUGUST 18, 2022

A federal judge Wednesday ordered former Pennsylvania judges Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan to pay more than $200 million in damages to victims in the 2010 “kids for cash” juvenile detention scandal. Both former judges waived their right to participate at trial.

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The Crime Report

AUGUST 18, 2022

Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan, two former Pennsylvania judges accused in 2009 of sending hundreds of teenagers to privately run youth detention centers in exchange for millions in kickbacks, and sentenced to decades in prison as a result, have been ordered to pay more than $206 million in damages, reports the Wall Street Journal.

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JURIST

AUGUST 2, 2022

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) Monday announced it settled an employment discrimination case against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), a regional public transportation authority based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The settlement is not yet finalized, as the court has not yet approved of the terms.

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At the Lectern

APRIL 29, 2021

Actions of note at yesterday’s Supreme Court conference included: Supreme Court OK’s commutation of three-strikes sentence. The court granted review in Pulliam v. The appellate court concluded the Rule doesn’t limit attorney fees, disagreeing with Lafferty v. The court denied depublication.]. Jenkins (Jan.

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