ALLENTOWN – A New Jersey woman who suffered a broken elbow in the parking lot of a Lancaster County mountain retreat and alleged that the facility’s negligence in its maintenance and upkeep was responsible for the incident, has settled her claims with the retreat.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a California-based airline’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a pilot allegedly poisoned by carbon monoxide exposure through judgment on the pleadings, finding that his suit was still valid in spite of a then-concurrent bankruptcy court proceeding.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman has settled negligence claims with a Western Pennsylvania property manager and landlord, after alleging that those actions led her to suffer third-degree burns when she went to take a shower.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia and local election entities are trying to dismiss litigation initiated by a poll worker, who alleged she suffered a broken arm when she was asked to repair a faulty machine herself.
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania woman is claiming negligence after her Los Angeles hotel room doorknob allegedly detached and caused her to fall backwards and suffer injuries.
HARRISBURG – Litigation from a temporary employee who took a Wisconsin staffing agency’s assignment to a Starbucks roasting plant in York, which alleged she faced a racially hostile work environment and termination, has been closed and potentially settled.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia poll worker alleges that the City, its Commissioners and manufacturers of voting machines used in Philadelphia are directly responsible for the broken arm she suffered, when she was asked to repair a faulty machine herself.
PITTSBURGH – The parent company of Pottery Barn introduced additional arguments in state court to support its allegations that an adjoining hamburger restaurant leaked both water and sewage into one of its mall stores in Mount Lebanon.
MEDIA – A Brookhaven couple stand by their claims that the borough is liable for more than $15,000 in damages caused to their basement, supposedly caused by a negligently installed backflow valve which directed storm water into the plaintiffs’ basement.
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.
SCRANTON – A Scranton couple alleges that negligent maintenance of their water pipes later led to the wife-plaintiff falling inside their residence and suffering serious injuries.
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.
PHILADELPHIA - A Parkesburg man brought civil charges against the Borough of Parkesburg and many current and former city officials in federal court alleging First and Fourteenth Amendment violations.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania property manager and landlord discount any claims of negligence filed against them by a Pittsburgh woman, who claimed that such actions led her to suffer third-degree burns when she went to take a shower.
MEDIA – A Montgomery County plaintiff who alleged that his concussion and spinal injuries were the fault of his chair at a local casino’s poker table, has withdrawn his lawsuit against the casino in question.
SCRANTON – A state court judge has granted a preliminary injunction and compelled the landlord for a Scranton medical center to repair the sprinkler system in its leased space, incur the cost for doing so and further stayed a notice of default the landlord sought to levy over the medical center.
MEDIA – The Borough of Brookhaven has disavowed liability for more than $15,000 damages suffered by a local couple, when a negligently installed backflow valve which directed storm water into the plaintiffs’ basement.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple and their Virginia-based landlords have mutually agreed to dismiss a claim for violation of the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, in a case where the plaintiffs allege that faulty wiring nearly caused a fire in the home they rented in Penn Hills.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man alleges that multiple systemic failures on the part of the City of Chester, a Chester landlord and the Philadelphia Electric Company, directly led to the death of a minor boy in a house fire two years ago.