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Kraft Foods again denied summary judgment in discriminatory firing case

May 24, 2013 8:09 AM
By Jon Campisi

A federal judge overseeing an employment discrimination case against Kraft Foods has, for the second time, denied a defense motion seeking summary judgment. U.S. District Judge Jan DuBois, in a May 21 ruling, refused to grant Kraft’s motion for reconsideration … Read More »

discrimination, Federal Court, News, wrongful termination

Judge dismisses class action against Comcast involving business class contract dispute

May 23, 2013 11:46 AM
By Jon Campisi

A U.S. District Judge in Philadelphia recently dismissed a class action complaint against Comcast that had been filed on behalf of a class of Comcast Business Class Service customers who had claimed the cable giant violated contract terms with the … Read More »

Breach of Contract, Federal Court, News

N.J. man sues Pennhurst haunted house, site of landmark ‘Halderman’ U.S. Supreme Court decision

May 23, 2013 11:43 AM
By Jon Campisi

A popular yet controversial Philadelphia-area Halloween attraction that takes place on the grounds of an infamous hospital for the mentally ill is at the center of a personal injury claim filed this week by a New Jersey man. Steven Chrzanowski, … Read More »

Federal Court, News, Personal Injury

Pa. family mistakenly targeted by deputy U.S. Marshals seeking fugitive can proceed with suit, judge rules

May 23, 2013 11:39 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Norristown family who claims they were wrongly targeted by deputy U.S. Marshals in the spring of 2010 when the law enforcement officers mistakenly entered the plaintiffs’ Montgomery County home by force while looking for a fugitive can proceed with … Read More »

assault and battery, false arrest, false imprisonment, Federal Court, News

Judge rules dismissal premature in NAACP airport advertising case, allows suit over billboard refusal to proceed

May 22, 2013 8:51 AM
By Jon Campisi

The City of Philadelphia has lost its bid to dismiss a federal complaint by the NAACP alleging that Philadelphia’s policy barring “issue” and “advocacy” advertising on billboards within the city limits constitutes an infringement on citizens’ First and Fourteenth Amendment … Read More »

civil rights, Federal Court, Issues, News

N.J. commercial trucking co. facing vehicle injury suit by Phila. couple seeks venue transfer

May 21, 2013 7:05 AM
By Jon Campisi

A New Jersey-based commercial trucking company is seeking to transfer a personal injury suit arising out of a motor vehicle accident in New England in late 2011 from the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas to the U.S. District Court for … Read More »

Federal Court, motor vehicle accident, negligence, News, Personal Injury, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas

Fired school police officer files federal suit against Phila. School Dist.

May 21, 2013 7:02 AM
By Jon Campisi

A former school police officer is suing the School District of Philadelphia over allegations that his employment was terminated in retaliation for his requesting special accommodations relating to his cancer. Robert A. Garner, who resides in Philadelphia, is seeking more … Read More »

Americans with Disabilities Act, Federal Court, News, Retaliatory Discharge, wrongful termination

Spector, Gadon & Rosen sues Illinois man for nearly $130k in allegedly unpaid legal fees

May 20, 2013 7:51 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Philadelphia law firm claims in a newly filed civil action that it is owed nearly $130,000 from an Illinois man whom the firm represented in a prior employment matter. Spector, Gadon & Rosen, which is based in downtown Philadelphia, … Read More »

Breach of Contract, Federal Court, News

Crozer-Chester Medical Center faces slip-and-fall suit by Delaware plaintiff

May 20, 2013 7:48 AM
By Jon Campisi

A Delaware woman is suing a southeastern Pennsylvania hospital over an alleged slip- and-fall incident in which she injured her ankle on the medical institution’s premises. Shakeera Anderson, of Claymont, DE, claims in her recently filed civil action that she … Read More »

Federal Court, News, Personal Injury, Premises Liability

Bobby Watkins’ NFL injury claim transferred from Massachusetts to concussion MDL in Phila.

May 20, 2013 7:45 AM
By Jon Campisi

A personal injury complaint filed in a Massachusetts state court in late March against the NFL by former player Robert “Bobby” Watkins, Jr., and his wife, Rillis M. Watkins, which was subsequently removed to the federal court in that state, … Read More »

Federal Court, Issues, multi-district litigation, negligence, News, Personal Injury