HARRISBURG – A Hershey woman alleges that her comments to the Derry Township School Board on the relative dearth of mental health services provided to students there led to the District retaliating against her and canceling the contract between the plaintiff’s business and the District.
MEDIA – A trio of medical professionals deny that they failed to identify and diagnose a plaintiff’s perforated ulcer and bowel necrosis, which later led her to suffer permanent damage to her digestive tract.
WILLIAMSPORT – Following a similar move from Verizon, White Deer Township’s Zoning Hearing Board has also filed for summary judgment in a suit which claimed a municipal zoning board in North Central Pennsylvania violated federal law in denying it the opportunity to build a cell phone tower, and that the denial prevents a sizable area from obtaining its wireless telecommunications services.
PHILADELPHIA – After almost five weeks of trial, the first talcum powder/cancer trial in Philadelphia has resulted in a jury verdict victory for Johnson & Johnson, defeating claims that its baby powder product led a Bucks County woman to develop ovarian cancer.
WILLIAMSPORT – Verizon has filed for summary judgment in a suit which claimed a municipal zoning board in North Central Pennsylvania violated federal law in denying it the opportunity to build a cell phone tower, and that the denial prevents a sizable area from obtaining its wireless telecommunications services.
LANCASTER – The owner of a goat that allegedly attacked a Delaware man has filed preliminary objections to the plaintiff’s lawsuit, arguing that his allegations of negligence were not properly supported.
PHILADELPHIA – The first talcum powder/cancer trial in Philadelphia will take place in state court, after a federal judge recently ruled that Johnson & Johnson was wrong in its attempts to remove the case from the federal venue on the very day jury selection was to take place.
WILLIAMSPORT – The City of Williamsport believes that it did not violate the constitutional rights of a political activist through its open-burning ordinance, which the plaintiff alleged had prevented his burning flags as a method of protest.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has denied the Easton Area School District’s attempt to dismiss counts from a lawsuit filed by an ex-varsity high school wrestling coach who alleged he faced discriminatory and racist conduct, including being fired, because he is Black.
With the deadline for filing federal individual income tax returns having been extended to May 17th, 2021, and taxpayers now preparing to file their tax returns, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Field Office, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, jointly announced a warning to those who are thinking about breaking the law by committing tax crimes.
ALLENTOWN – The Easton Area School District is seeking summary judgment to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an ex-varsity high school wrestling coach who alleged he faced discriminatory and racist conduct, including being fired, because he is Black.
PITTSBURGH – A settlement has been reached in a case which alleged that two former students of Butler Wesleyan Academy were subjected to racist and discriminatory treatment based upon their multi-racial heritage.
WILLIAMSPORT – A municipal zoning board in North Central Pennsylvania counters it did not violate federal law in denying Verizon the opportunity to build a cell phone communications tower, rather that the company did not meet the proper burden of proof for obtaining a necessary variance for the construction.
PITTSBURGH – Butler Wesleyan Academy denies that two of its former students were subjected to racist and discriminatory treatment based upon their multi-racial heritage, countering that their misconduct is what led to their suspension from the institution.
ALLENTOWN – The Easton Area School District is again seeking to dismiss various counts from a lawsuit filed by an ex-varsity high school wrestling coach who alleged he faced discriminatory and racist conduct, including being fired, because he is Black.
ALLENTOWN – The Easton Area School District is seeking to dismiss various counts from a lawsuit filed by an ex-varsity high school wrestling coach who alleged he faced discriminatory and racist conduct, including being fired, because he is Black.
SCRANTON – York County defendants deny all responsibility for the in-custody death of a Delaware man who was later found to be the victim of homicide and with a high level of amphetamines in his system.
HARRISBURG – The Borough of Gettysburg says that a lawsuit from a local business owner who claims it retaliated against her for opposing a zoning dispute by reinstating a decades-old parking ordinance is groundless and should be thrown out.
Capital City Dental Care, a dental practice headquartered in the Harrisburg, Pennsylvania suburb of Camp Hill, will pay $100,000 and furnish significant equitable relief to settle a federal age discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced.
