Daily Archives: 1/16/2013

Phila. woman sues Longhorn Steakhouse over broken wrist, back injuries

A suburban Philadelphia woman who says she sustained a broken wrist after falling inside of a local Longhorn Steakhouse restaurant has filed a personal injury complaint against the eatery and its parent company in federal court. Attorney J. Davy Yockey, … Read More »

Federal Court, News, Personal Injury

Pa. appellate judges affirm OOR denial of lawyer’s records’ request pertaining to voter ID law

A three-judge state appellate court panel has affirmed a decision by the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records to deny driver’s license information to an attorney for a civil rights organization who was attempting to conduct research in light of the … Read More »

Features, Issues, News, Pennsylvania Appellate Court, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

Indiana mother sues Pfizer in federal court in Phila. over Zoloft injuries to newborn son

An Indiana woman is suing drugmaker Pfizer in federal court in eastern Pennsylvania over allegations that her ingestion of the anti-depressant drug Zoloft during pregnancy caused her child to be born suffering from birth defects. Amisha Chatman’s lawsuit, filed Jan. … Read More »

Federal Court, mass tort, News, Personal Injury, Product Liability

U.S. Supreme Court declines to take up appeal in bank heist collar bomb death case

The nation’s highest court has refused to hear the appeal in a bizarre case out of Northwest Pennsylvania in which a woman was convicted in the death of a pizza deliveryman who died after the collar bomb he was made … Read More »

Features, Federal Court, Issues, News, U.S. Supreme Court, U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals