Hello, our development rain water drainage is backing up and flooding our homes since a new development was added next to us down stream of our run off. Our township was told by an engineer that our catch basin would NEVER pass code today and that is overflowing into neighbors yards, pipes... View More 
answered on Jul 26, 2019
As you and your neighbors already realize, this is a very complex situation. It's the type of matter that if litigated, could drag on for years in court and easily accrue very high legal fees. It would very likely involve expert testimony from civil engineers, architects, urban planners, and... View More
More specifically, a municipality. To be quite forward, under notice fairly given.
Any attempt to extract fees, or prosecute for said fees, under a non dangerous, non moving violation such as a parking ticket. The ticket would be considered a first step in legal procedure correct? And must... View More
answered on Jul 26, 2019
I think I get the gist of your question this time. The ticket is not evidence against you it is simply notice that you have committed a violation. On that ticket is information about what you need to do to challenge that violation. The ticket does not assign a value for a penalty it merely puts... View More
answered on Jul 26, 2019
Yes, there are minimum requirements of Due Process. What that means is almost entirely impossible to explain in this format. There are hundreds of articles written on this on the internet. If you have a specific context it would be much easier to address and give you a more productive answer.... View More
Person A feels like they are being treated unfairly and is being retaliated against because person B is affiliated with the officials who are prosecuting Person A. Is this case supposed to be handled different than normally?
answered on May 19, 2019
I can see your issue, but not sure how else the situation should be handled. How many victims of crimes are related to, say, cops? What should happen in those cases? The world isn't perfect.
Sometimes in very high profile criminal cases in which there's a conflict of interest... View More
Im doing a long essay about prison reform in my civics and government class and a topic i want to include is if unsanitary prisons are againsed constitutional law. I've read that it is againsed constitutional law to inflict "cruel or un-usual punishment" againsed a criminal and i... View More
answered on May 13, 2019
Why not contact the Pennsylvania Civil Liberties Union Prison Rights project, speak to one of the workers to see how frequent the probglem is, is it a state prison vs county prison issue, etc. Whether it is cruel and unusual as a matter of law depends on many items specific to each case. However it... View More
I understand there are statute of limitations on actual criminal and civil cases in Pennsylvania but what type of limitation would apply for a police officer misconduct issue against a police officer which would not fall under an actual crime but under a police department’s own policy? How long... View More
answered on Apr 19, 2019
Not clear what the issue is. However you have to look at it two ways--even if it is not something they'd normally charge or sanction someone for committing is it something that can be raised to deny a promotion or assignment?
As far as someone outside bringing a claim, they... View More
I understand there are statute of limitations on actual criminal and civil cases in Pennsylvania but what type of limitation would apply for a police officer misconduct issue against a police officer which would not fall under an actual crime but under a police department’s own policy? How long... View More
answered on Apr 19, 2019
Not clear what the issue is. However you have to look at it two ways--even if it is not something they'd normally charge or sanction someone for committing is it something that can be raised to deny a promotion or assignment?
As far as someone outside bringing a claim, they... View More
I understand there are statute of limitations on actual criminal and civil cases in Pennsylvania but what type of limitation would apply for a police officer misconduct issue against a police officer which would not fall under an actual crime but under a police department’s own policy? How long... View More
answered on Apr 19, 2019
Not clear what the issue is. However you have to look at it two ways--even if it is not something they'd normally charge or sanction someone for committing is it something that can be raised to deny a promotion or assignment?
As far as someone outside bringing a claim, they... View More
I understand there are statute of limitations on actual criminal and civil cases in Pennsylvania but what type of limitation would apply for a police officer misconduct issue against a police officer which would not fall under an actual crime but under a police department’s own policy? How long... View More
answered on Apr 19, 2019
Not clear what the issue is. However you have to look at it two ways--even if it is not something they'd normally charge or sanction someone for committing is it something that can be raised to deny a promotion or assignment?
As far as someone outside bringing a claim, they... View More
I missed jury selection,my lawyer told me he was rescheduling it.now judge issued bench warrant will not lift it and wants to out me in jail.i have hearing to dismiss my charges but if I show up he will lock me up what do I do?
answered on Sep 26, 2018
Try contacting your local Pennsylvania State Police barracks with your questions. They deal with and enforce most of the firearms laws in the Commonwealth. Better safe than sorry, right?
Best of luck to you.
answered on Sep 26, 2018
Tolls, like highway tolls? No -- because if they were, you wouldn't still be paying them. Folks come up with all kinds of constitutional arguments against everything under the sun, and almost all of them get shot down by the courts. The ones that don't, you'll hear and know about.
answered on Sep 11, 2018
You're looking for appellate court opinions in cases concerning the Second Amendment (which *only* deals with "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms")?
Your best bet is to do a Google search yourself and/or go spend some time in a law library. You won't find... View More
https://www.1215.org/lawnotes/lawnotes/travel.htm
answered on Sep 3, 2018
It's someone arguing -- by taking snippets of state and federal court decisions -- that U.S. citizens have an unfettered right to travel, and that the "right to travel" cannot be regulated or curtailed by any sort of government.
I say, "good luck with that one."
*After police told me Id be going to jai, CYS forced me to sign safety plan and told me if I didn't sign our baby would be taken instead of going home with my parents.
*I never seen the safety plan or had the chance to read it. I was told (and my parents and husband were also) that we... View More
answered on Jul 31, 2018
It's hard to know the whole story here. I suggest that you obtain private counsel to help you with this problem. If you can't afford a private attorney, then try Legal Assistance or of the advocacy groups in the Pittsburgh area that offer legal assistance at low or no charge.
It was a murder and was most likely self defense
No-fault divorce proceedings 3 years; Wife, Plaintiff in Switzerland since 2016 non-compliant with basic Discovery; Final Master Hearing seems worthy of mistrial (third party considered disreputable by legal system provided telephony technology via her cell phone, as one example); Defendant filed... View More
answered on Apr 13, 2018
This matter is far too complicated for anyone on this site to offer you suggestions as to how to proceed. If you do not already have an attorney representing you, then please consult with an experienced family law attorney in your area. Someone needs to sit down with you and review everything... View More
York County Pennsylvania drug task force Force entrance into home, Seized $9,000 of life savings for finding less than a quarter pound of marijuana only to then request copy of search warrant affidavit as well as the property / inventory voucher of all assets and items seized that they refuse to... View More
answered on Dec 13, 2017
Not necessarily. In order to get the money back, you would have to file a petition for return of property. You would want to retain a lawyer for that. You then may have to show that the money came from a legitimate source and did not have anything to do with drug trafficking. If you do not file the... View More
I had an IME before a major surgery. Then the employer got a second IME. They now put in a LMS using the first IME opinion because the WCJ and apealant board agreed that there was no error made in the first modification of my benefits. The surgery happened the second IME stated that the surgery is... View More
answered on Dec 12, 2017
There are many potential options in this situation including filing your own petition to Reinstate benefits after the surgery and to Review the description of injury to include the conditions set forth in the second IME. I would strongly suggest reviewing your options with your attorney, and if... View More
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