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.
Erie Reader sued after state Sen. Dan Laughlin and wife said that, combined, they removed "hundreds" of copies of free paper that included column critical of him and fellow Republican Donald Trump.
Erie Reader is claiming state Sen. Dan Laughlin and his wife took newspapers after Erie Reader published column that led senator to sue for libel. His defamation case vs. Erie Reader is also pending.
Drew Whiting is well known in Erie as the CEO of the Erie Downtown Development Corp., a business-backed group that has invested more than $100 million to transform the city's urban core.
In a landmark case, inmate Caine Pelzer's 15-year solitary confinement ends with a settlement, spotlighting the urgent need for reform in solitary practices.
Members of the public have charged that supervisors have not reappointed the treasurer because he was critical of West Eighth St. property purchases