Through television and movies, many people have become familiar with the concept of statutes of limitations—those procedural time limits that prevent a claim from being litigated or (in many courtroom ...

A sharply divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that MCARE's statute of repose violates the Pennsylvania Constitution's guarantee of open access to the courts. The justices ruled 4-3 Thursday ...

Somewhere along the road of life you’ve likely stumbled across the term “statute of limitation.” A statute of limitations is a law that says, in order to be actionable, a matter has to be brought ...

PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – A Pennsylvania appeals court has reversed a Philadelphia County jury’s judgment against a defendant in an asbestos lawsuit, concluding that the statute of repose bars ...

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When plaintiffs lawyers on the losing side of the 2nd Circuit’s IndyMac decision ask the Supreme Court to take their case (as I’m pretty sure they will), they might want to point to a just-released ...