PHILADELPHIA – An East Bradford Township public works official has for the second time denied liability for claims of retaliation and civil rights violations, brought by a former employee who alleged he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
SCRANTON – A trio of Scranton School District employees who sued the District over rules it implemented in December requiring them to perform their paraprofessional duties inside students’ homes if virtual learning once again takes place, have motioned for a special injunction to prevent the rules from going into effect.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has denied an attempt by five local voters to secure a preliminary injunction to prevent the certification of results from November’s general election by the Lehigh County Board of Elections, since the plaintiffs’ votes were set to be discarded due to their signatures lacking an accompanying date.
PITTSBURGH – The alleged perpetrator of a drunk driving accident that killed the plaintiff’s 23 year-old daughter contends that liability for the event belongs to the co-defendants who allegedly overserved with alcohol her prior to the crash.
PHILADELPHIA – A Doylestown couple alleges that Costco is liable for severe bodily injuries suffered by the wife-plaintiff while shopping in the company’s store in North Wales.
HARRISBURG – A panel trio of judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a Washington County court was correct when it found that an animal humane group was entitled to more than $1.1 million in reimbursed costs under the Costs of Care of Seized Animals Act, for the expenses it incurred when it secured treatment for more than 200 animals rescued from a hoarding situation.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed multiple counts from litigation brought by a Chester County man who alleged he was illegally subjected to detainment, search, arrest and a blood test for DUI without probable cause by a Pennsylvania state trooper.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for all parties have agreed upon a conditional dismissal for one defendant company named in a lawsuit filed by an election poll worker, which alleged she suffered a broken arm when she was asked to repair a faulty voting machine herself.
PITTSBURGH – A New York City attorney has denied he and his firm are liable for allegations of providing inadequate representation to former client and Pennsylvania contractor who lost $1 million in an underlying bankruptcy action.
SCRANTON – A federal judge has consolidated separate lawsuits brought by a therapist at a Pennsylvania juvenile detention and rehabilitation facility, who claimed he faced racial discrimination and retaliation for reporting physical and mental abuse at the facility.
PHILADELPHIA – East Bradford Township and one of its public works officials have denied being responsible for claims of retaliation and civil rights violations, brought by a former employee who alleged he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
PITTSBURGH – Four members of a non-profit organization seeking to increase civic engagement in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have brought legal action, after they claim the group violated its by-laws through not scheduling its annual meeting to vote on new members of the Board of Directors.
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County man reiterates allegations that he sustained a skull fracture when he slipped on an accumulated pool of water in a Folcroft flower shop, while browsing Mother’s Day flowers for his wife and accompanied by his son.
HARRISBURG – A Georgia couple allege that a state-maintained guardrail safety system along Interstate 81 failed to decelerate their vehicle, when the vehicle made contact with the guardrail and it speared through the vehicle to injure its driver.
PITTSBURGH – A New York City attorney facing allegations of providing inadequate representation to former client and Pennsylvania contractor who lost $1 million in an underlying bankruptcy action has removed the case to federal court.
SCRANTON – A trio of Scranton School District employees have denied the District’s opposition to its lawsuit over rules it implemented last month requiring them to perform their paraprofessional duties inside students’ homes if virtual learning once again takes place, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its pervasive Omicron variant.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania man has filed an amended complaint against not just the alleged perpetrator whose drunk driving accident killed his 23-year-old daughter, but also an increased number of defendants who allegedly overserved the driver with the alcohol leading to the accident.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a Philadelphia couple and a Bensalem fitness facility, which claimed that the gym was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines and as a result the wife-plaintiff fell and suffered severe injuries, will now be heading to arbitration.
PITTSBURGH – An employee of a carpet cleaning service who claimed he was wrongfully terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic when he objected to working in areas where social distancing and wearing of protective personal equipment was not being practiced, now denies that his former company provided him with personal protective equipment.
