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U.S. District Judge Timothy J. Savage for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania awarded counsel from Adler Po***ck & Sheehan and Blank Rome $95,652 in fees and costs after imposing sanctions against plaintiff and attorney Veronica Turner.

The award comes in the case "Turner v. Avco," where Turner, a solo practitioner who, according to LinkedIn, previously worked at Chamberlain Hrdlicka and Clark Hill, sued companies Avco and Textron, as well as Blank Rome and its attorneys in February 2024.

From reporter Riley Brennan: 🔗 https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2026/06/05/unprofessional-uncivil-and-hostile-deposition-behavior-results-in-95k-sanction-against-attorney/

From Laurie Jubelirer of Jubelirer Law: "The decision represents one of the most significant sentencing rulings in recent Pennsylvania history and has the potential to impact approximately 1,000 people currently serving life sentences for felony murder convictions across Pennsylvania."

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A New Chapter for Pennsylvania: Automatic Life Sentences for Felony Murder Have Been Ruled Unconstitutional | Law.com In Commonwealth v. Lee, the court held that Pennsylvania’s automatic life-without-parole sentence for felony murder is unconstitutional because it fails to account for individual culpability. The decision represents one of the most significant sentencing rulings in recent Pennsylvania history and ...

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