Commonwealth Court News

Pennsylvania Can Be Held Liable for Injuries Caused by Guardrail in Crash

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s department of transportation (PennDOT) can be held liable for injuries caused by an allegedly dangerous guardrail on a Pennsylvania highway. The court found that under the state’s Sovereign Immunity Act, exemptions …

Pennsylvania Airport Worker Loses Leg, Firm Ordered to Pay Workers’ Comp

An appeals court says an aviation company was wrong to reject a workers’ compensation claim from a woman who lost her leg on the job. Starr Aviation had said Modesty Colquitt wasn’t entitled to compensation because she wasn’t working when …

Pennsylvania Files Consumer Protection Lawsuit Against Nursing Home Company

A company with 11 skilled nursing homes in Pennsylvania doesn’t have enough staff to provide basic patient care – and faked it when state Department of Health inspectors were around, the state attorney general said in a consumer protection lawsuit …