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Nursing facility objects to wrongful death suit and its punitive damages claims
LANCASTER – The Hamilton Arms Center skilled nursing facility has brought preliminary objections against both the general allegations and demand for punitive damages made by the daughter of a resident who died there in June of last year. -
Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police deny former officer's claims of sexual harassment
ALLENTOWN – Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police have categorically denied allegations from a female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department, that, over a five-year period, the Chief of Police targeted her for sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse, creating what she called a “hostile, toxic and intolerable work environment” that led to her resignation. -
Pittsburgh parents maintain claims that local café’s tea severely burned their 2-year-old son
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple insist that a local café’s tea was manufactured and marketed defectively, due to its excessive heat and an accompanying lack of warnings, leading to their two-year-old son being burned severely when he came into contact with it. -
Sesame Place Philadelphia again refutes class action charges of discrimination against Black children
PHILADELPHIA – SeaWorld's Sesame Place Philadelphia has once again denied charges that employees of the latter park discriminated against the plaintiff’s daughter, a Black child, during a meet-and-greet session with some of the park’s costumed characters. -
Lyft driver shot and killed passenger in Sheetz parking lot in self-defense, reply filing claims
PITTSBURGH – A Lyft driver accused of shooting a 55-year-old man to death in August 2022 in the parking lot of a Sheetz convenience store has claimed that his actions were only taken in self-defense. -
Pittsburgh café: Our tea wasn't responsible for burning two-year-old boy in 2019
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh café has denied that its tea was responsible for severely burning a then-two-year-old boy, during a visit to the café by the boy and his mother more than four years ago. -
Woman injured during daughter's dance recital seeking default judgment against DoubleTree hotel
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a woman injured in a Pittsburgh hotel ballroom while watching her daughter’s dance recital and who had alleged that a negligent makeshift table setup used for the event was the proximate cause of her injuries, is now seeking a default judgment against the hotel in question. -
Allegheny County says it was following the rules when rejecting religious reasons for COVID vax refusal
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County insists that it did not violate its own Home Rule Charter and Administrative Code and that it is immune from a count of negligent infliction of emotional distress, in a lawsuit over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate allegedly violating a plaintiff’s religious objections. -
Woman loses lawsuit against Pittsburgh and police officer she says arrested her for not supporting Trump
PITTSBURGH – One Pittsburgh police officer successfully defended himself from a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump. -
Man who alleged bed bug bites in Delco Econo Lodge hotel settles claims
MEDIA – A local man who alleged that he was bitten by bed bugs during his three-day stay in an Econo Lodge hotel located in Delaware County more than two years ago, has settled his claims. -
Proper service made in hair dye chemical burn suit, plaintiff insists
SCRANTON – Counsel for a South Carolina who claimed that using a hair dye product sold by a Nevada beauty company caused her to suffer a chemical burn on the back of her head, argues that it effectuated proper service of the plaintiff’s complaint. -
Pittsburgh attorney holds onto breach of contract claim against his former firm
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh attorney maintains that his former law firm breached his employment contract and owes him thousands of dollars in unpaid wages, in violation of both state and federal law. -
Third-party defendants lose out on dismissal from suit over $2M COVID-19 test sale conflict
PHILADELPHIA – In litigation where defendants were accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits or a refund to a retailer who paid it nearly $2 million, third-party defendants named in a later version of the complaint have lost their attempt to be dismissed from it. -
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology wants deposition from woman allegedly injured on its own property
MEDIA – Counsel for the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology is seeking to compel deposition testimony from a woman who claimed she was seriously injured in a fall at a home the Institute owned, one year ago. -
Third Circuit denies sentencing appeal from Corsica official convicted of $345K wire fraud
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has denied an appeal from a secretary convicted of wire fraud one year ago, and who had been sentenced to nearly two years in prison and three subsequent years of supervised release. -
Judge upholds redactions of police report, before ex-Sharon Hill cops involved in 8-year-old's death are sentenced
MEDIA – Just days before three former Borough of Sharon Hill police officers were sentenced to house arrest and probation for their involvement in a shooting which killed an 8-year-old girl in August 2021, a Delaware County judge upheld the denial of releasing the full and unredacted version of the Borough’s report on its community policing procedures to a local citizen advocate. -
Judge OKs class action settlement with City of Philadelphia over proper sidewalk access
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has authorized a settlement between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over the plaintiffs’ 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. -
Allegheny General Hospital disavows liability for parking gate arm, which struck woman's head
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny General Hospital and its parking garage deny allegations from a Pittsburgh couple, who claimed one of the defendants’ employees negligently allowed a parking gate arm to fall and strike the wife-plaintiff on the head, causing her severe injuries. -
Airbnb wants to stay or dismiss landlord's case against rowdy renter-turned-squatter
PHILADELPHIA – Airbnb is seeking to dismiss or stay all proceedings in the case of a South Philly landlord whose property sustained extensive damages in 2020, allegedly from a renter-turned-squatter who then subletted the residential space. -
California woman who developed staph infection settles case against Pa. beauty salon
PHILADELPHIA – A California woman has settled her case against a King of Prussia beauty salon, which claimed she developed a staph infection due to the salon’s unsanitary practices.