PHILADELPHIA – Due to a perceived pattern of improper investigation and dismissals, a federal appeals court has upheld the payment of more than $127,000 in legal fees from Washington, D.C., firefighters who claimed hearing loss from exposure to the sirens on their fire trucks, to the manufacturers of those same devices.
PHILADELPHIA – A retired chemist has launched legal action against a Philadelphia café, charging that its negligence led him to suffer a variety of injuries, including facial damage and potentially-broken ribs.
PHILADELPHIA – A Ridley Park couple claim local construction and water companies were negligent in warning visitors to their property of the presence of a dangerous condition, which a lawsuit says injured the female plaintiff.
PHILADELPHIA – An arbitration hearing has been scheduled for a Texas man who claims that a local construction firm and two of its employees were negligent in causing a motor vehicle accident in North Philadelphia that left him with a number of serious injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – Court records show a plaintiff won her lawsuit against Progressive Insurance for breach of contract and bad faith, among other charges, after allegedly receiving a lowball offer of underinsured motorist benefits.
PHILADELPHIA – The second Xarelto state court trial in Philadelphia connected to product liability claims for blood thinner Xarelto was recently resolved with a jury verdict for the drug’s manufacturers – their fifth total victory in such litigations between state and federal courts.
PHILADELPHIA – An equipment rental company who said it was owed thousands of dollars in exchange for products it rented out towards the completion of a major construction project in Center City, Philadelphia has settled its lawsuit.
PHILADELPHIA – An Ohio trades group that supplied workers and labor for a Philadelphia construction project says it is owed in excess of $58,000 for that same labor, an amount the defendant has supposedly refused to pay.
PHILADELPHIA – An H&M store employee who claims to have suffered a traumatic brain injury after his head collided with a fire sprinkler and sprinkler cage at the Plymouth Meeting Mall is suing all of the entities allegedly responsible for his assortment of injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – Late Tuesday, a state court judge reversed a near-$28 million jury verdict in product liability litigation surrounding the blood thinner Xarelto, a decision that overturned what had been the first win nationally for plaintiffs and included a landmark punitive damages award.
HARRISBURG – A Greencastle construction vehicle manufacturer alleges a Virginia company failed to accept its request for indemnification per an agreement.
PHILADELPHIA – The very day that a national report is issued naming the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas as a “Judicial Hellhole” where civil lawsuits are handled unfairly against businesses, the first win for plaintiffs in Xarelto litigation is secured with a near-$28 million verdict.
PHILADELPHIA – A man who suffered spinal injuries in an accident in New Jersey believes his insurance provider has failed to provide him with $30,000 of necessary benefits to which he is entitled.
PHILADELPHIA – The first Pennsylvania state bellwether trial connected to blood thinner drug Xarelto, which was set to begin Monday in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, was delayed due to a motion alleging an improper meeting between a plaintiff's doctor and a sales representative of the defense.
PHILADELPHIA – General Foods has sued a group of its former attorneys and their firms, claiming their failure to assert proper and relevant defenses led to the company being evicted from its leased premises, located in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
