Deivert v. Zartman and Borough of Northumberland, 2025 WL 83747 (M.D.Pa. 2025) -
(Neither a municipality nor a municipal manager had immunity under the Pennsylvania Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act (“PPSTCA”) for the...more
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Wrongful Termination
In Camp Hill Borough Republican Ass’n v. Borough of Camp Hill, 2024 U.S. App LEXIS 11300 (3rd Cir., May 9, 2024), a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit declared portions of Camp Hill...more
Mid-Mon Valley Publishing Company, LLC, d/b/a Mon Valley Independent and Tina O’Dell v. City of Monessen, a Third-Class City, and Matt Shorraw, as Mayor, No. 581 of 2020 (Westmoreland County Common Pleas Court, December 11,...more
Newly elected officials may be surprised to discover their votes and actions have legal implications. Preventing a resident from speaking at a public meeting may result in a violation of the First Amendment and a civil rights...more