The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Sept. 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Christian Garcia Alvarez against Fogo DE Chao Churrascaria (Pittsburgh) LLC on Sept. 10.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Christian Garcia Alvarez against Fogo DE Chao Churrascaria (Pittsburgh) LLC on Sept. 8.
PITTSBURGH – A pair of Pittsburgh residents argue they are not responsible for injuries suffered by an Allegheny County woman taking her child trick-or-treating on Halloween last fall, when an axe allegedly fell from a candy table and lacerated her right leg.
HARRISBURG – A former Penn State University football team defensive tackle denies allegations from a former cornerback that he participated in, and the team’s head coach and the university collectively ignored, incidents of hazing and sexual harassment targeted against that same cornerback.
WASHINGTON – According to one Washington observer, the Philadelphia-based American Law Institute needs to remain true to its mission of distilling and clarifying law, or else strongly consider whether it is appropriate to have judges as members of its ranks.
PHILADELPHIA – For the second time, Penn State University and its football team’s head coach are denying allegations from a former cornerback that those entities and a former defensive tackle collectively ignored incidents of hazing and sexual harassment targeted against him.
WILLIAMSPORT – Penn State University has formally denied any claim of negligence in response to allegations from a former cornerback that the school, the head coach of its football team and a former defensive tackle collectively ignored incidents of hazing and sexual harassment against him.
PHILADELPHIA — A Dauphin County couple have filed a wrongful death class action against the NCAA on behalf of their late son, who played college football at Lock Haven University.
PHILADELPHIA – A U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit panel rejected a Texas doctor’s second appeal for lack of substantiation, in a case in which he sued Temple University Hospital and a number of doctors for discrimination and wrongful termination.
HARRISBURG — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the rule of capture applies in hydraulic fracturing in the state, but did not answer the question as to whether subsurface fractures across property lines constitute trespass.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 14. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit from a Montana man which claimed taking Johnson & Johnson’s Invokana medication for Type 2 diabetes caused him to be at increased risk for the gangrene he later developed has settled – while other cases from out-of-state plaintiffs remain pending in Philadelphia courts.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by State Farm Mutual Automobile INS. Co. against United States of America United States Postal Service and William Houston on Jan. 14.
PHILADELPHIA – A former college football linebacker’s lawsuit against the NCAA that charged the governing sports body with negligence in not informing him of the dangers of repeated head trauma that led him to develop Lou Gehrig’s disease has been dismissed from a Philadelphia court.
PHILADELPHIA – In stark contrast to the $8 billion punitive damages verdict reached this past fall, two Risperdal cases were dismissed through successful motions for summary judgment from Johnson & Johnson in Philadelphia courtrooms.