PITTSBURGH – After one year, a Pittsburgh bar has responded to a woman’s allegations that she suffered a broken left arm and other injuries after falling while making a trip to its restroom, by seeking to strike all insinuations of recklessness from the complaint and therefore, liability for punitive damages against it.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, will be heading to trial in February.
PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel argues that it is not liable for a Glassport man’s injuries, which allegedly took place while he was working at the company’s plant in Clairton.
PHILADELPHIA – Two separate companies 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, mutually and steadfastly deny cross-claims levied against them by one of their co-defendants.
MEDIA – In litigation from a Delaware County woman against her former doctor, a pharmacist and their pharmacy – which alleged their reckless negligence of prescribing large amounts of opioid medication led to the death of her husband – plaintiff counsel is seeking documents which detail the volume of opioids prescribed to customers over a five-year period.
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County man has voluntarily discontinued litigation against a pair of manufacturers for negligence and other causes of action in federal court, after his legs were allegedly crushed while using a turntable stretch wrapper machine.
PHILADELPHIA – A corporate defendant 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, has said that any liability should instead be directed to its co-defendants.
PITTSBURGH – Advance Auto Parts has won summary judgment dismissal against a Pittsburgh man who suffered a broken hip during a fall which occurred in the parking lot of one of its local stores.
HARRISBURG – A local Chinese restaurant owner has settled claims against the Borough of Middletown, closing litigation which asserted that the Borough sought to prevent the plaintiff from opening and conducting daily business operations.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man alleges he suffered severe burns on the tops of his feet, after a session in an infrared sauna therapy booth in a Pittsburgh business.
PITTSBURGH – The sister of a man killed when a cylinder of compressed natural gas on his converted pick-up truck exploded, has discontinued negligence and liability claims against the company who serviced his vehicle.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government denies liability for severe leg injuries that a local woman alleged she suffered in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park more than two years ago.
PITTSBURGH – A Beaver County woman has settled claims connected to severe respiratory ailments she alleged she suffered after inhaling fumes from a chemical fire which took place about a half-mile from her residence.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has approved a California-based airline’s attempt to obtain interlocutory review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in a lawsuit filed by a pilot allegedly poisoned by carbon monoxide exposure.
HARRISBURG – Due to the preliminary reaching of a settlement agreement, a federal judge has stayed litigation filed against the Borough of Middletown by a local Chinese restaurant owner, which asserted that the Borough sought to prevent the plaintiff from opening and conducting daily business operations.
HARRISBURG – A trio of judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a Philadelphia trial court was wrong to prevent a Connecticut insurance company from being granted party status and intervening, in an action where it was slated to pay $350,000 as part of a $1.45 million settlement agreement to an MRI machine technician injured in an explosion.
PITTSBURGH — A couple allege the husband suffered multiple injuries after his bicycle hit a cable laying on a bike path in Pittsburgh while commuting to work.
PITTSBURGH – Advance Auto Parts wants summary judgment against a Pittsburgh man who suffered a broken hip during a fall which occurred in the parking lot of one of its local stores, saying the area where the fall occurred was not its responsibility to maintain.
LANCASTER — A motorcyclist who suffered fractures ribs and other injuries after sliding on oil and stones on a roadway in Paradise Township is claiming the PennDOT's negligence.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple alleges that the husband-plaintiff suffered a series of bodily injuries while working on the job at the U.S. Steel plant in Clairton, and that the company was responsible for the circumstances which caused those same injuries.
