Category: Summer 2013 Pennsylvania Legal Update

With the fall school days approaching, parents need to know their rights and obligations regarding their children’s schooling. The Pennsylvania Public School Code mandates that all children must either attend school or pursue a course of home study, While most Pennsylvania children begin school well before they are eight years old, Pennsylvania law does not […]

Pink, pink and more pink!  There were plenty of people thinking PINK at Leventry, IIaschak & Rodkey’s (LI IR) Chimek, Drink and Think – PINK1 wine tasting event on Friday, May 31st at the Richland Township Fire Hall. The event was a fundraiser organized to benefit the patient care services at the Joyce Murtha Breast […]

Deductions for Home Office Expenses It is possible to deduct home office expenses based on the number of rooms in the home. Typically, home office deductions are based on the percentage of business use. That is, the square footage of the business portion of the home divided by the total square footage. But according to […]

A Pennsylvania man who didn’t even consider himself involved in an accident was sentenced to three years in jail as a result of his conduct. Witnesses reported that the man drove his car out of a gas station at a high rate of speed, with spinning, smoking tires. Making a left turn as he exited […]

A Pennsylvania appellate court made the unusual announcement that it was constrained to deny an injured worker prescription narcotic painkillers despite “profound sympathy” for the worker’s circumstances. The worker was employed by a mental health agency and was injured at work. The injury caused her to suffer back problems that led to several surgeries and […]

A Pennsylvania employee who missed Work because he had been bumped from an overbooked air flight was denied unemployment compensation when his employer convinccd a Pennsylvania appellate court that the employee had engaged in willful misconduct, The employee worked for an auto body company, cleaning cars. Over a six-month period, the employee was tardy or […]

A woman who boarded a bus, Walked down the aisle toward a seat, and fell when the bus suddenly accelerated claimed that she was entitled to the benefit of the “jerk-and-jolt doctrine’ and that she should be compensated by the bus company for her back and neck injuries. On appeal, the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court disagreed. […]