Search Results for: Defamation
Judge overrules Penn State’s preliminary objections in McQueary’s whistleblower suit
A state trial judge has overruled defense objections in Michael McQueary’s whistleblower suit against Pennsylvania State University. In an April 16 opinion and order, Judge Thomas G. Gavin, who is specially presiding over the civil suit initiated by the former … Read More
Judge sides with newspapers in defamation case initiated by state inmate
A judge has sided with the owners of the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Daily News in a case in which an imprisoned man had claimed he was defamed in articles printed by the newspapers. Jerry Chambers filed suit against the … Read More
Federal judge in Phila. dismisses N.J. CEPA claim against Otsuka America Pharmaceuticals
During the same week when a Philadelphia jury awarded a plaintiff nearly $1.7 million in a whistleblower case alleging violations of New Jersey’s Conscientious Employee Protection Act, a federal judge in Philadelphia dismissed a similar complaint against a drug company … Read More
Berks Co. suit alleging kids’ improper removal from home allowed to proceed, judge rules
A Berks County couple suing the Office of Children and Youth Services over allegations that the agency improperly removed their children from their care has survived a motion to dismiss the litigation. U.S. District Judge Michael Baylson, sitting in the … Read More
Pa. Superior Court panel affirms dismissal of inmate’s defamation suit against Post-Gazette
A three-judge panel of the state Superior Court has affirmed a trial court’s decision to dismiss a pro se complaint by a prison inmate that was lodged against a western Pennsylvania daily newspaper. The appeals judges, in their March 12 … Read More
Parents accuse Berks Co. of civil rights violations for kids’ improper removal from home
There is a legal showdown playing out at the federal court in Philadelphia between the adoptive parents of two children, one of whom has special needs, and Berks County over claims that the county’s Office of Children and Youth Services … Read More
McQueary’s attorney: Penn State’s preliminary objections in whistleblower case are without legal merit
A lawyer representing fired Penn State assistant football coach Michael McQueary has filed an answer to the university’s preliminary objections in McQueary’s wrongful termination suit against his former employer, contending that the defendant’s objections, which were filed in mid January, … Read More
Phila. School Dist. sued by student harassed for wearing Romney-Ryan shirt
The Philadelphia teenager whose story of disparate treatment due to her wearing a Romney-Ryan political T-shirt to school during the campaign season had gone viral has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the School District of Philadelphia and the … Read More
McQueary’s whistleblower suit against Penn State allowed to proceed, judge rules
A senior Pennsylvania judge has refused to put on hold a lawsuit initiated against Penn State University by the former assistant football coach who was integral in the state’s child molestation case against former Nittany Lions defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky. … Read More
Phila. lawyer James Beasley files defamation suit on behalf of George Zimmerman against NBC, reporters
Philadelphia trial lawyer Jim Beasley is representing Florida resident George Zimmerman, the man charged with killing teenager Trayvon Martin, in a civil case initiated by Zimmerman against a news organization and three reporters over claims that the defendants doctored a … Read More