SCRANTON – The University of Scranton’s Faculty Affairs Council contends that the institution was right to fire a former professor, the latter of whom has charged that his constitutional rights to privacy and bodily autonomy were violated when the institution attempted to force him to disclose his COVID-19 vaccination status.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Brian Watkins Jr. against Franklin Township, Franklin Township Police Department, Fraternal Order of Police Beaver Valley Lodge #4 and Rudy Hawkins on Jan. 13.
PITTSBURGH – In lieu of a halted intervention from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office and related discovery issues, a federal judge has temporarily paused a malicious prosecution suit from one of two men who was accused of murdering six people and an unborn child in a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg in 2016.
HARRISBURG – The Chairman of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has introduced legislation to amend Pennsylvania’s constitution to prohibit venue shopping in medical liability cases, a potential game-changer for civil litigation statewide if it were to be passed.
WILLIAMSPORT – A Northumberland County man alleges that staffing at the county jail was inadequate and ineffective, leading to his daughter’s suicide when she found herself incarcerated at the facility on drug charges.
PITTSBURGH – One of two men who was accused of murdering six people and an unborn child in a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg in 2016, is now suing Allegheny County and a number of police officials for malicious prosecution.
PITTSBURGH — A family is suing Columbia Gas after it allegedly experienced psychological trauma and property damage when a gas line exploded in their Washington County neighborhood.
Governor Tom Wolf joined Sens. Vincent Hughes and Christine Tartaglione, House Democratic Leader Joanna McClinton and numerous House and Senate Democratic members, along with labor, religious and community leaders to call for an increase to Pennsylvania’s minimum wage.
ERIE – A former Pennsylvania resident currently living in Michigan who sued Venango County authorities for allegedly failing to protect him from a fellow inmate who broke his jaw, has withdrawn charges against the only named defendant.
The following cases categorized as "securities/commodities" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by John Tate against Bridge Merger Corp., Collin P Baron, George Carter, Jane Chwick, Janet M Hansen, Jerry Franklin, John K Dwight, John P Barnes, Kirk W Walters, M&T Bank Corp., Mark Richards, Nancy Mcallister, People's United Financial Inc. and William F Cruger on May 3.
The following cases categorized as "195 contract product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 22. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "195 contract product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 21. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "195 contract product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 15. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "195 contract product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 13. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "195 contract product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 12. 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 Brandi Milford and Miranda Murray against All Clad Metalcrafters L. L. C. and Groupe Seb USA Inc. on March 22.
The following cases categorized as "195 contract product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March 29. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "195 contract product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March 31. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
