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Couple allege PennDOT storm water drainage caused flood damage to their property
SCRANTON — A couple allege a storm water drainage trench installed behind their property by PennDOT and others has caused flooding damage. -
Scranton School District says paraprofessionals asked to work inside students' homes during pandemic aren't being harmed
SCRANTON – Scranton School District officials argue that three of its paraprofessionals, who recently sued the District over rules it implemented last month requiring them to perform their duties inside students’ homes if the COVID-19 pandemic requires virtual learning to once again take place, are not suffering immediate and irreparable harm. -
Homeowners face lawsuit after guest slips on unsecured pool ladder, suffers injuries
PITTSBURGH — A couple are facing a negligence claim after a visitor to their home slipped off an allegedly unsecured pool ladder and suffered multiple injuries. -
Five plaintiffs who alleged Parkinson's disease from Paraquat exposure end case soon after filing
PHILADELPHIA – Five individuals who filed a lawsuit for Parkinson’s disease they suffered allegedly as a result of exposure to an herbicide called Paraquat have dropped their case without prejudice, just a week-and-a-half after filing it. -
Pittsburgh's attempt at dismissing Telecommunications Act litigation from AT&T is denied by judge
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied without prejudice an attempt by the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to dismiss litigation from AT&T, which asserted that the defendants violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by their limiting of the company’s ability to place wireless facilities on telephone poles in the City’s rights-of-way. -
Woman stands by claims of arm and neurological damage during surgery at Geisinger hospital in 2020
SCRANTON – A woman who alleged she suffered arm and neurological damage during a tenodesis surgery last year stands by her claims against the hospital system through which the procedure was conducted. -
Scranton paraprofessionals sue school district over policy mandating they work inside students' homes during COVID-19 pandemic
SCRANTON – A trio of Scranton School District employees have sued the District 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. -
Claims and defendant dismissed, from transgender man's discrimination suit over denial for mastectomy
HARRISBURG – Some claims and one defendant have been dismissed from litigation between a transgender male state employee and a Pennsylvania-affiliated health care provider, one which he claimed discriminated against him and denied him insurance coverage for his gender/sex-affirming surgery. -
Case of carpet cleaner fired for objecting to lack of COVID-19 protocols sees case dismissed and then reinstated
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, saw his case dismissed from and now, remanded to, state court. -
Geisinger Health denies it violated federal antitrust laws and affected professional salaries, in class action
WILLIAMSPORT – Geisinger Health has denied it violated federal anti-trust laws as alleged in a class action lawsuit against itself and Evangelical Community Hospital, which claimed the Pennsylvania hospitals engaged in a secret “no-poach agreement” that suppressed professional mobility and salaries in Central Pennsylvania. -
Former Pennsylvania Department of Corrections officer alleges sexual harassment by co-workers
PITTSBURGH — A former Pennsylvania Department of Corrections officer claims she suffered sexual harassment from her male co-workers. Kristy Lamber filed a complaint Dec. 7 in the U.S. -
Gov. Wolf Names Leigh M. Chapman New Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth
Gov. Wolf Names Leigh M. Chapman New Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth. -
Two Fox Rothschild Real Estate Attorneys Named Among Connect CRE’s Lawyers in Real Estate Award Honorees
Two Fox Rothschild Real Estate Attorneys Named Among Connect CRE’s Lawyers in Real Estate Award Honorees. -
David Hackett Named Chairman of the Board of Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry
David Hackett Named Chairman of the Board of Chester County Chamber of Business & Industry. -
$5M house fire insurance litigation against Black & Decker sent to Allegheny County's complex litigation center
PITTSBURGH – A lawsuit against Black & Decker surrounding a home construction fire that allegedly caused a Pennsylvania man $5 million in damages has been sent to Allegheny County’s complex litigation center. -
Bensalem gym denies it acted negligently and caused woman's injurious fall from treadmill
PHILADELPHIA – A Bensalem fitness facility discounts all liability towards a negligence lawsuit it faces from a Philadelphia couple, who claimed that it was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines, leading the wife-plaintiff to fall off said machine and suffer severe injuries. -
Lawsuit over Uber ride-gone-wrong remanded to Allegheny County
PITTSBURGH – A Carnegie man’s litigation against Uber, filed after he said he and his friends were nearly killed by their driver, has been remanded to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. -
Wrongful death lawsuit connected to 12-year-old Lebanon County boy's death is dismissed
HARRISBURG – One year after the death of a 12 year-old boy from an alleged long-standing pattern of child abuse, the wrongful death lawsuit surrounding the circumstances leading to that event has been discontinued by the plaintiff. -
Philly woman claims she was severely injured on treadmill in Bensalem fitness center
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple allege that a Bensalem fitness facility was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines, leading the wife-plaintiff to fall off the machine and suffer severe full-body injuries. -
Uber loses attempt to dismiss suit alleging driver shot and nearly killed his passengers
PITTSBURGH – Uber’s attempt to dismiss litigation from a Carnegie man who said that he and his friends were nearly killed by their driver has been defeated, for now, by a federal judge’s ruling.