# Pennsylvania Legal Issues | Trellis

> Every legal issue Trellis tracks in Pennsylvania Magisterial District Courts, with a link to each issue's page of example rulings and judge data.

Last updated: 2026-10-26

## Labor & Employment Legal Issues

- [Breach of Employment Contract](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/breach-employment-contract-pennsylvania-2111): Welfare, No. 461 C.D. 2013, at \*31 (Pa.
- [Discrimination in Employment](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/discrimination-in-employment-pennsylvania-2104): Legal Issue: Discrimination in Employment for Pennsylvania.
- [Failure to Pay Overtime](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/failure-to-pay-overtime-pennsylvania-2106): Super. 498.)
- [Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodations](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/failure-to-provide-reasonable-accommodations-pennsylvania-2113): Legal Issue: Failure to Provide Reasonable Accommodations for Pennsylvania.
- [FMLA Violations](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/fmla-violations-pennsylvania-2112): Labor Relations Bd., 789 C.D. 2020, at \*17 (Pa.
- [Harassment in Employment](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/harassment-in-employment-pennsylvania-2110): Legal Issue: Harassment in Employment for Pennsylvania.
- [Retaliation in Employment](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/retaliation-in-employment-pennsylvania-2108): Utils., Inc. (2019) 207 A.3d 355, 371.)
- [Wage and Hour Disputes](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/wage-hour-disputes-pennsylvania-2105): Legal Issue: Wage and Hour Disputes for Pennsylvania.
- [Whistleblower Law](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/workplace-safety-violations-pennsylvania-2109): Commw. 126, 133.)
- [Wrongful Termination](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/wrongful-termination-pennsylvania-2107): Luke's Hosp., 2148 EDA 2020, at \*3 (Pa.

## Landlord – Tenant Legal Issues

- [Abandonment by Tenant](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/action-for-possession-by-landlord-pennsylvania-2121): Super. 478, 490; Commonwealth v. Wetmore (1982) 301 Pa.
- [Adverse Possession](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/maintenance-repair-violation-pennsylvania-2119): Legal Issue: Adverse Possession for Pennsylvania.
- [Breach of Covenant of Quiet Enjoyment](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/retaliation-by-landlord-pennsylvania-2122): Super. 228, 242.)
- [Breach of Warranty of Habitability](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/breach-warranty-habitability-pennsylvania-2115): Legal Issue: Breach of Warranty of Habitability for Pennsylvania.
- [Constructive Eviction](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/unlawful-eviction-pennsylvania-2116): Super.
- [Failure to Return Security Deposit](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/failure-to-return-security-deposit-pennsylvania-2118): Rules of Civil Procedure Governing Actions, No. 463, at \*1 (Pa.
- [Housing Discrimination](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/housing-discrimination-pennsylvania-2117): The Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988 makes “it unlawful to discriminate in the sale or rental or to otherwise make available or deny a dwelling to any buyer or renter because of a handicap.” (See Human Dev. of Erie v. Zoning Hear.
- [Landlord Liability](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/non-payment-rent-dispossessory-actions-pennsylvania-2114): Legal Issue: Landlord Liability for Pennsylvania.
- [Tenancy at Will](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/failure-landlord-to-fulfill-obligations-pennsylvania-2120): Legal Issue: Tenancy at Will for Pennsylvania.

## Torts Legal Issues

- [Battery](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/battery-pennsylvania-2127): Legal Issue: Battery for Pennsylvania.
- [Damages](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/damages-pennsylvania-2133): Legal Issue: Damages for Pennsylvania.
- [Defamation](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/defamation-pennsylvania-2126): Legal Issue: Defamation for Pennsylvania.
- [False Imprisonment](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/auto-accidents-pennsylvania-2129): Super. 557, 561.)
- [Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/premises-liability-pennsylvania-2128): Super. 377, 368 A.2d 770.)
- [Intentional Tort of Fraud](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/slip-falls-pennsylvania-2130): Legal Issue: Intentional Tort of Fraud for Pennsylvania.
- [Medical Malpractice](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/medical-malpractice-pennsylvania-2124): Legal Issue: Medical Malpractice for Pennsylvania.
- [Negligence](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/negligence-pennsylvania-2123): Merlini v. Gallitzin Water Authority (2009) 602 Pa. 346, 980 A.2d 502, 506; Schemberg v. Smicherko (2014) 85 A.3d 1071, 1075.)
- [Product Liability](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/product-liability-pennsylvania-2125): Legal Issue: Product Liability for Pennsylvania.
- [Trespass](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/toxic-torts-pennsylvania-2131): Energy Prod.
- [Wrongful Death](https://trellis.law/pa/issue-type/wrongful-death-pennsylvania-2132): Legal Issue: Wrongful Death for Pennsylvania.