SCRANTON - A Jewish man who worked as sales director for MediaNews in Scranton alleges religious discrimination, including a co-worker telling him he was good with money because of his religion.
The Legal Intelligencer has recognized Troutman Pepper’s Joan Arnold, Andrew Medeiros, and Zachary Torres-Fowler with three Pennsylvania Legal Awards, and the firm and Partner Deborah Spranger are finalists in three additional categories. All winners will be announced at a May 15 awards dinner.
Attorney General Michelle Henry is warning Pennsylvanians to be aware and stay cautious of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) imposter scams during the upcoming tax season.
Jeffrey Pasek, a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment Department, has been reelected to the Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry Board of Directors.
PITTSBURGH – An Altoona couple alleges that doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center failed to follow up on the wife-plaintiff’s initial diagnosis of adenopathy, which she says led her to develop late-stage thyroid cancer.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ordered that unprejudiced dismissal would come to any defendant left unserved in a complaint brought by a paralegal of nine-and-a-half years with a prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ law firm, who alleged her former employer disclosed her COVID-19 vaccination status to a legal news publication in violation of the confidentiality provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
PHILADELPHIA – The Greyhound and Flixbus transportation companies seek to disprove allegations that they were responsible for the death of a 32-year-old man from cardiac arrest, while aboard a Greyhound bus bound for Philadelphia two years ago.
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.
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 – 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.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied an attempt by Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility and its officials to dismiss a suit from a Delaware County man, who alleged that he was subjected to a lack of medical care and cruel and unusual punishment in violation of his constitutionally protected civil rights, while incarcerated there.
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.
ALLENTOWN – A female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department has alleged that over a five-year period, the Chief of Police targeted her for sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse, creating what she calls a “hostile, toxic and intolerable work environment” which led to her resignation.
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 – 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.
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.
MEDIA – A Florida woman has reiterated that she was violently assaulted by staff members of an Upper Darby hookah lounge, despite its refusal to accept liability for her injuries.
Blank Rome LLP is pleased to announce that partner Molly Crane has been recognized in City & State Pennsylvania's 2023 Philadelphia Forty Under 40.
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.
For the 11th year in a row, Marshall Dennehey has been selected one of the Philadelphia region's "Best Places to Work" by the Philadelphia Business Journal.
