The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – A plastic bag distributor and manufacturer have denied liability in a lawsuit brought against it by a Butler woman, who needed surgery to repair her finger after it was torn by a grocery bag and further asserted cross-claims against Walmart.
SCRANTON – A pair of former servers of a Longhorn Steakhouse restaurant in Wilkes-Barre claim they were subjected to a long line of sexual assaults on the job at the hands of the restaurant’s managing partner, and were fired when they objected to his alleged behavior.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Rosa N. Zavala and Sergio Zavala Cerrato against Brothers Properties LLC, Donna M. Everts, Eric R. Everts, Everts Property Management LLC, Richard A. Everts and Todd R. Everts on June 3.
PHILADELPHIA – A man who suffered right index finger amputation and crush injuries from an allegedly-malfunctioning portable generator has sued the manufacturer and distributor of the device, Lowe’s Home Centers.
HARRISBURG – The state Supreme Court has reversed a Commonwealth Court decision concerning a Berks County police officer who had been terminated for accessing and storing pornographic photos on the job, remanding the case to the lower court with instructions to reinstate an arbitrator’s award.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania unanimously overturned a decision from the Commonwealth Court and agreed with the state Department of Transportation, that a former employee was rightly fired when she posted on Facebook that she would “gladly smash into a school bus.”
The following cases categorized as "motor vehicle" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on May 13. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PHILADELPHIA – Mexican restaurant chain Chipotle has hit back at the claims of a Philadelphia man who alleged he got food poisoning after dining at the company’s Wyncote location.
HARRISBURG – One member of a Superior Court of Pennsylvania triune panel dissented from the majority decision in a civil action case, on the grounds that the majority used unsubstantiated hearsay to “fudge” the time when an appeal notice was received – a point upon which the validity of the entire appeal itself rested.
PITTSBURGH — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has cancelled a new trial in a medical negligence lawsuit by vacating a Superior Court order that tackled a judge's role in jury selection.
HARRISBURG – Citing its King’s Bench jurisdiction, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania recently threw out an extraordinary relief petition that looked to nullify Gov. Tom Wolf’s executive order that shut down “non-life sustaining” businesses from operating during quarantine from the coronavirus.
PHILADELPHIA – The distributor of a pain management microchip says that a third-party defendant should have a default judgment entered against him for failure to respond, in a case centered on alleged Medicare fraud.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 6. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 2. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Todd Davis against The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company on April 6: 'Complaint Todd Davis Against The Hartford Life And Accident Insurance Company ( Filing Fee $ 400 Receipt Number 0313-14220036.), Filed By Todd Davis. (attachments: # 1 Designation Form, # 2 Case Management Track Form, # 3 Civil Cover Sheet)(parker, Michael)'.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Alexis Todd against American Regent Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo Inc., Daiichi Sankyo US Holdings Inc., Luitpold Pharmaceuticals Inc. and Vifor Pharmaceuticals Management Ltd. on April 2.
