By Ed Lewis (Times Leader) WILKES-BARRE — A Hazle Township former restaurant owner sentenced to three years probation for groping a teenage female employee is the subject of a civil lawsuit filed in Luzerne County Court by the girl. Harry Werkeiser, 69, of state Route 940, Harleigh, hired a then 17-year-old girl to be a…
All books will be given out free of charge with the kind request that recipients will donate to the Luzerne County Bar Charitable Foundation. If anyone would like a copy please contact Bill at his email. He will be lecturing to young lawyers throughout the country on the book topics with the first lecture at…
By Ken Levinson This time of year always reminds me of when my three boys were little guys (not sure how I can be old enough that they are all driving!). Hope you are having a great October. Halloween is right around the corner, which means that it’s time for scary movies, pumpkin carving, and…
By Nicholas Malfitano | Sep 21, 2021 SCRANTON – A woman who alleges she suffered arm and neurological damage during a tenodesis surgery last year has brought a professional liability action against the hospital system through which the procedure was conducted. Dontasia Britt of Kingston first filed suit in the Lackawanna Court of Common Pleas…
We would like to congratulate, our own, Jamie Anzalone, Esq., on recently being sworn in as the President of the Northeastern Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Association (NEPATLA). The Northeastern PA Trial Lawyers Association, formerly The Committee for Justice for All, is dedicated to upholding and defending the U.S. and Pennsylvania Constitutions; protecting and improving the civil…
Recently, H.R. 3781, the INSURANCE Act, was introduced in Congress but did not pass the House. This bill would have increased the minimum amount of required trucking insurance from $750,000.00 to $4.9 million to account for medical cost inflation from 1980-2019. As it stands right now, a tractor trailer can operate on the roadways with…
WILKES-BARRE, PA -The National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) is pleased to announce that Jamie Joseph Anzalone, Esquire of the law firm, Anzalone Law Offices, LLC has successfully achieved Board Certification as a civil trial advocate. The NBTA was formed out of a strong conviction that both the law profession and its clients would benefit…
An invitation-only professional organization composed of and limited to the Top 10 attorneys from each state or region who serve individuals and families who need attorneys to represent them in the American legal system regarding Nnursing home claims. Nursing Home Trial Lawyers Association – Top 10 is a vital, growing group of trial lawyers from…
Last Thursday, our own, Attorney Jamie Anzalone chaired his 7th Luzerne County Bench Bar. This year, the Bench Bar had to go virtual and it was a huge success with over 200 participants via zoom. We had attorney and judge presentations in civil, criminal, real-estate, domestic, elder, and bankruptcy law. We had Shea Rhodes speak…
STEPHANIE PANNY / PUBLISHED: APRIL 12, 2020 Two weeks ago, Anzalone Law Office began a movement to support both front line workers and local businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic: #feedaheropledgenepa. The office encouraged businesses around the area to buy food from the small businesses affected by closures and deliver it to workers who are helping…