How artists came up with a solution to reverse the increase in pedestrian deaths. Eastern Pennsylvania and Monroe County have had far too many pedestrians seriously injured or killed by motor vehicles in the past few years.The question is what to do about it. The...
PennDOT Says the Old Sticker Can Stay
PennDOT no longer issues vehicle registration stickers. But what to do with the ones already on the license plate? PennDOT just posted this notice on its Facebook page: “You don’t have to remove your old registration sticker from your license plate – law enforcement...
PA Supreme Court Enters Battle on Inequitable School Funding
Judicial Review of a Broken Funding Scheme On September 28, 2017, in William Penn School District v. Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided it had the authority and duty to decide whether Pennsylvania’s school funding scheme is so broken it violates the...
School Disciplines Cheerleader for Snapchat Post
Federal Court in Wilkes-Barre Stops School from Disciplining Cheerleader for Off-campus Speech Yesterday, federal District Court Judge A. Richard Caputo issued a preliminary injunction forbidding the Mahanoy School District from punishing one of its cheerleaders for...
I-80 Reconstruction Project Open House on December 5, 2017
PennDOT announces 3rd Round Open House Meeting on December 5, 2017 PennDOT advises that it will hold a third round open house for the I-80 Reconstruction Project at the Stroudsburg High School on December 5, 2017 from 5-7 p.m. The public meeting will be an open house...
Constitutional Right to Protection from Concussion in Football
14th Amendment Requires Schools to Protect High School football players from concussion injuries On September 21, 2017, the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals filed a precedential opinion ruling that high school football players have a constitutional right to be protected...
As Hurricane Irma Approaches, 3rd Circuit Extends Filing Deadlines
Hurricane Irma Extends Filing Deadlines The Third Circuit Court of Appeals recently announced that, due to weather conditions in the Virgin Islands, any non-emergency filing (e.g. briefs, case opening documents,) in a Virgin Islands case that is due during the period...
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Court Strikes $8 million punitive award in Monroe Suicide Case
MCCF Suicide Mumun Barbaros committed suicide at the Monroe County Correctional Facility on March 22, 2009 while awaiting trial for criminal trespass. Barbaros choked to death from the remnants of a t-shirt lodged in his throat. Federal Lawsuit Barbaros’ estate sued...
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Client Reviews from Google – August 2017 Latest Client Review from Google of Vincent Rubino Nobody wants to go through bankruptcy, but if you must then I highly recommend Vince Rubino and his team. In fact, determining if you really must file bankruptcy is something...