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Pennsylvania has finally established a procedure to pay any Court in the state for fines, costs, and restitution online via one unified website.  As a result, someone whose license has been suspended because of violations ten years ago in four different counties now need only go to one site and resolve it all online.  In […]

Remember that Pennsylvania has a statewide prohibition against texting while driving that takes effect today. The ban prohibits sending, reading, or writing text-based communications from smartphones and other devices while driving. It does not apply to making telephone calls from a handheld cellphone, which will make enforcement difficult. To make a valid stop, a Pennsylvania officer will have to see the […]

A Pennsylvania judge has ruled that incriminating text messages between a husband and wife may be used as evidence in the woman’s child abuse trial. In Commonwealth v. Hunter, the defendant was charged with aggravated assault, endangering the welfare of a child, simple assault and criminal conspiracy to endanger the welfare of a child after […]

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has issued a long-awaited decision in the case of Corbin v. Khosla. In that case, the Supreme Court decided whether an uninsured driver who is injured in a motorvehicle accident with an insured driver, may sue the insured driver for economic damages. Economic damages in tort law include medical expenses incurred and […]

In a case that no one could make up, a man gambling at Philadelphia Park Casino & Racetrack in Bucks County, Pennsylvania won $2500 at blackjack.  He produced his ID to cash out but casino officials learned he was wanted for drug offenses in Altoona, Pennsylvania and alerted the appropriate authorities.  Instead of celebrating with […]