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.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has denied the defense’s preliminary objections, in a wrongful death lawsuit surrounding the drowning death of the plaintiff’s wife, during a vacation the two had taken to St. Martin to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh business has been granted a stay in its suit against its neighboring business and local sewer authorities, after a leak occurred and its basement was flooded under inches of water.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Florence Taylor against Allegheny County and Orlando Harper on Jan. 10: 'Stipulation For Extension Of Time To Answer By Allegheny County, Orlando Harper Answer Due From Allegheny County On 2/27/2023; Orlando Harper On 2/27/2023. (Liebenguth, Frances) (entered: 01/10/2023)'.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Alfred N. Taylor and Therese Taylor against Koninklijke Philips N. V., Philips Holding USA, Inc., Philips North America, LLC, Philips RS North America Holding Corporation, Philips RS North America, LLC, Polymer Molded Products, LLC and Polymer Technologies, Inc. on Jan. 6.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Florence Taylor against Allegheny County and Orlando Harper on Jan. 5.
SCRANTON – A physician from Moses Taylor Hospital has denied liability in a negligence and medical malpractice lawsuit he and others face from the parent of a minor girl who suffered a case of appendicitis.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has concurred with plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit versus the City of Philadelphia over claims that its vehicle towing relocation program both fails to abide by due process and provide adequate notice or fair procedures for owners to locate and recover their vehicles after they have been moved, ordering the City to comply with the plaintiffs’ discovery requests.
PHILADELPHIA – A class action lawsuit versus the City of Philadelphia over claims that its vehicle towing relocation program fails to both abide by due process and provide adequate notice or fair procedures for owners to locate and recover their vehicles after they have been moved, is embroiled in a heated discovery dispute over allegations the City has not provided required documentation.
MEDIA – The Borough of Morton has denied responsibility for injuries suffered by a Delaware County woman when she fell on what she believes was a deficiently maintained sidewalk along Taylor Avenue.
MEDIA – A Delaware County woman alleges that she was seriously injured when she fell on a deficiently maintained sidewalk along Taylor Avenue in the Borough of Morton and has filed a lawsuit.
ERIE – A local man and the U.S. government have reached an agreement to prevent the disclosure of personal identifying information in his litigation against the Department of Veterans Affairs and other entities, brought over allegations they failed to early-diagnose his prostate cancer.
MEDIA – A New Jersey woman has reiterated medical malpractice claims against a number of Delaware County healthcare entities and professionals, for their alleged negligence which caused her late husband to die of a pulmonary embolism.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man and his co-plaintiff refutes denials from his former employer and reiterate claims that he was physically assaulted by his employer, in a dispute over Payroll Protection Program funds that supposedly remained in his possession.
MEDIA – A Prospect Park physician denies all liability in a medical malpractice negligence lawsuit which alleged negligence on his part and that of other parties, which caused the plaintiff’s late husband to die of a pulmonary embolism.
ERIE – Litigation between a local man and the U.S. government, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Veterans Health Administration and the Erie Veterans Administration Medical Center, filed over allegations they failed to early-diagnose his prostate cancer, is heading to the court of a federal magistrate judge.
