MEDIA – A Delaware County nursing home is seeking to strike claims of negligence and punitive damages from a wrongful death lawsuit contending that its staff improperly cared for one of its residents, before and leading up to her death.
The following cases categorized as "insurance" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on June 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 28. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
SCRANTON – The owner and sales manager of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle dealership in Poland have both denied that they defamed a former employee after he immigrated to the United States and asserted that they are not subject to the jurisdiction of U.S. courts.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman says her left foot suffered severe burns, when a supposedly microwave-safe plastic container failed and allowed heated meatballs to fall onto her foot.
The following cases categorized as "245 real property: tort product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 21. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – A Coraopolis couple are seeking injunctive relief from both city and state authorities regarding the death of their son, who was killed when a sidewalk railing he was next to unexpectedly gave way.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on May 17. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – A federal court lawsuit from a non-denominational religious group contends that a Pennsylvania state law has been used by state officials to declare that it may not solemnize legal marriages in the Commonwealth.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Manfredo Galgani against Garden Way Inc., Lowe's, Lowe's Companies Inc., Lowe's Home Centers Inc., Lowe's Home Centers LLC, Lowe's Home Improvement, MTD Products Company, MTD Products Inc., Troy Bilt, Troy Bilt LLC, Troy Bilt LLC, Inc. and Troybilt LLC on May 21.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review a $70 million compensatory damages award given to a Tennessee plaintiff for failure to warn of side effects tied to the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, while another legal fight on the subject of punitive damages against Johnson & Johnson looms in the case.
The following cases categorized as "insurance" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on May 10. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County couple charge that West Penn Hospital and other medical defendants committed negligence during the husband-plaintiff’s gallbladder removal, leading him to suffer the severance of his bile duct and ongoing pain, among other injuries.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 28. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman has reiterated allegations that a Western Pennsylvania property manager and landlord were negligent, and that those actions led her to suffer third-degree burns when she went to take a shower.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has dismissed a count for alleged violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and Scott Township from a disability discrimination suit brought by a real estate company, its owner and his sister-in-law, versus the township and one of its commissioners.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Alexa Willoughby against American Airlines Group Inc. Aka DBA American Airlines and First Transit Inc. on April 28.
ALLENTOWN – Litigation from a man maimed by a commercial food processing machine against the corporations responsible for manufacturing and marketing the device, has been settled.