Erie biofuels pioneer Samuel P. "Pat" Black III challenges dismissal of RICO claims against his adopted daughter, once designated heir apparent of Black's now-dwindling business empire.
A coalition of civil rights and community organizations has launched the Crawford County Rapid Response Network to monitor and document ICE activity in the region, training nearly 45 volunteers to observe, record, and ensure constitutional rights are upheld during immigration enforcement operations.
Erie federal judge throws out Erie entrepreneur Pat Black's RICO claims that his adopted daughter, others defrauded him of $200 million, but case can be refiled in Erie County Common Pleas Court.
In dispute separate from federal, county lawsuits involving Erie businessman Samuel P. "Pat" Black III, arbitrator says Black's partnership owes daughter Sumi James-Black's trust nearly $335,000.
Sumi James-Black, once heir to business empire of her adoptive father, Samuel P. "Pat" Black III, claims he lacks mental capacity to keep suing her over claims related to his dwindling fortune.
Federal judge appoints receiver to take over and sell Hero BX in Erie and other biofuels plants as entrepreneur Samuel P. 'Pat' Black III battles adopted daughter in court over his diminished fortune.
Lawyers for Sumi James-Black say her adoptive father, Pat Black, has no grounds to use federal racketeering law to sue her in U.S. District Court in Erie to try to recoup his lost fortune.
As Samuel P. 'Pat' Black III pursues $200 million federal RICO lawsuit against Sumi James-Black, he claims she defaulted on $902,000 loan he gave her to buy house in Portugal that they were to share.
Wellpath, LLC, the medical provider for the Department of Corrections in Pennsylvania, filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code in the Southern District of Texas on November 11, 2024. This is devastating news for those who have been denied adequate medical care by Wellpath’s employees.
The federal law designed to dismantle organized crime is occupying a central spot in Pat Black's multimillion-dollar claims against Sumi James-Black, whom he adopted as his daughter when she was 44.
In new court filings, Samuel P. 'Pat' Black III argues his fraud claims against adopted daughter and onetime heir apparent, Sumi James-Black, should not be tossed from U.S. District Court in Erie.
Erie Reader argues free press protects it from Republican lawmaker's libel suit, while Laughlin says Erie Reader's free status aids him in Erie Reader lawsuit against him over removed newspapers.