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Tuesday, March 19, 2024

John O'Brien News


Scandal at Harvard: Organ-harvesting suits against school fail, wife of 'Grim Reaper' pleads guilty

By John O'Brien |
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The wife of a former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School caught in an organ-harvesting scandal has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges, while civil lawsuits against the school are crumbling.

Lawsuit alleges ADA class action lawyers froze partner out of FedEx fees

By John O'Brien |
LOS ANGELES (Legal Newsline) - Class action lawyers who hit FedEx with a lawsuit over whether the company's drop boxes could be accessed by wheelchair-bound individuals are now fighting over nearly $1 million in fees.

States want changes to $12.5B PFAS settlement with 3M

By John O'Brien |
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Legal Newsline) - State attorneys general want to hold up the $12.5 billion settlement 3M has reached with local water districts over chemicals known as PFAS over concerns the agreement doesn't go far enough.

Asbestos lawyers succeed in keeping info from public

By John O'Brien |
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The public won't have access to information from a case that accuses an asbestos bankruptcy trust from giving out money to lawyers without double-checking their claims.

Lewistown sued by man who wants to burn Trump flags

By John O'Brien |
HARRISBURG - A flag-burning activist has sued the Borough of Lewistown, one of many lawsuits he has filed through the years.

Track coaches used 'shin splints' to hide racist reasons to bench bi-racial runner, lawsuit claims

By John O'Brien |
PITTSBURGH - A bi-racial high school student has filed a lawsuit that alleges racism led her coach to benching her at a championship track meet.

Lawsuit: Fired concessions company at Pittsburgh airport trying to take security deposit

By John O'Brien |
PITTSBURGH - Turmoil at Pittsburgh International Airport has a company that operates some of its concessions fighting in court to keep its six-figure security deposit.

Wrongful death lawsuit filed against Montgomery County over inmate's suicide

By John O'Brien |
PHILADELPHIA - The mother of a 30-year-old man who committed suicide while incarcerated is suing Montgomery County, as well as corrections officers and mental health care providers she blames.

Class action targets use of Meta Pixel on ESPN's website

By John O'Brien |
HARRISBURG - Sports media giant ESPN faces a class action lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court over its use of Facebook's Meta Pixel on its website.

Lawsuit says cop drove recklessly as arrested woman was tossed around backseat

By John O'Brien |
PHILADELPHIA - A Falls Township police officer is accused of swerving his vehicle while the woman he arrested flew around the backseat without her seatbelt on.

Exonerated Scranton school official sues those involved in arrest

By John O'Brien |
SCRANTON - A former Scranton school official who was charged with ignoring asbestos and lead issue has filed a federal lawsuit more than a year after he was cleared of wrongdoing.

Honeywell says audit didn't scratch surface of asbestos lawyers' shenanigans

By John O'Brien |
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Honeywell International calls claims submitted by asbestos lawyers “copy-and-paste” allegations that they have had to spend $128 million to resolve.

Names of asbestos claimants to be redacted - for now - in upcoming trial over trust money

By John O'Brien |
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – The names of asbestos claimants will be redacted when a trial gets started in Pennsylvania federal court that will determine if millions of dollars have been rightfully handed out.

States sue Postal Service for not choosing electric vehicles

By John O'Brien |
OAKLAND, Calif. (Legal Newsline) – Several states are suing the U.S. Postal Service over its decision to purchase new gas-powered vehicles.

Trial approaches as Honeywell claims asbestos trust is giving away money; Trust wants to lead off

By John O'Brien |
ERIE, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Honeywell should have to bat second in an upcoming trial as it seeks to prove those in charge of doling out asbestos money are making it rain on plaintiffs lawyers.

Lawsuit: Pa. firm ruined man's personal injury lawsuit

By John O'Brien |
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A Pennsylvania lawyer is accused of botching his client's car-wreck case and lying about being able to practice law in New Jersey.

Asbestos lawyer agrees to turn over some disputed records to company skeptical of claims

By John O'Brien |
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – An asbestos lawyer accused of submitting false claims in order to take millions of dollars from a lightly supervised asbestos trust has reached an agreement on what materials he will hand over.

Honeywell, asbestos lawyer to argue over subpoena in Pittsburgh

By John O'Brien |
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – Federal bankruptcy court in Pittsburgh will be the venue where an asbestos lawyer accused of pocketing millions of dollars by filling out inaccurate forms fights a defendant tired of paying him.

Dead piranhas: Antonio Brown's career in Pittsburgh's civil court system

By John O'Brien |
PITTSBURGH – Antonio Brown’s accomplishments in the National Football League add up to quite a list, as do his off- and on-field incidents that have marred his stints in Pittsburgh, Oakland, New England and Tampa Bay.

Third Circuit declines to hear appeal in CFPB v. Navient

By John O'Brien |
SCRANTON, Pa. (Legal Newsline) – Though the federal judge hearing a long-running case against the nation’s largest student loan servicer said it could, the U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled that Navient may not appeal a ruling that rejects one of its arguments for judgment.