U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Allentown Division
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No response to summary judgment motion leads federal judge to dismiss discrimination claims
ALLENTOWN – After not responding to a prior summary judgment motion from the defense, a federal magistrate judge has dismissed claims from a Philadelphia law firm’s former office manager, a plaintiff of Hispanic origin who alleged that she and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against during their tenure because of their ethnic background. -
Lancaster County seeks dismissal from wrongful death suit concerning man who died by suicide in custody
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County is attempting to have itself be dismissed from wrongful death litigation brought by the estate of an inmate who died by suicide in custody in the County, while suffering from withdrawal symptoms. -
Mars Chocolate receives partial summary judgment against claims of worker trapped in tank
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has partially granted and partially denied the Mars Chocolate company’s attempt to obtain summary judgment, in a lawsuit filed by a man tasked with cleaning a chocolate batching tank at its facility and who claimed he became trapped in the machinery for more than six hours. -
Former Child Custody Master alleges age and gender discrimination by Northampton County court personnel
ALLENTOWN – A former Child Custody Master for the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas alleges that over a nine-year period, she was subjected to systemic age/gender discrimination and retaliation by other court personnel before being fired last October. -
Judge: Lien holder cannot intervene in injury suit alleging chocolate factory worker was trapped in tank
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has rejected a company’s attempt to intervene in a lawsuit filed by a man tasked with cleaning a chocolate batching tank at its facility and who claimed he became trapped in the machinery for more than six hours. -
Wind Creek Bethlehem looking to strike negligence and punitive damages from excessive force case
ALLENTOWN – After the father of an intoxicated man trying to find their hotel room claimed Bethlehem Police Department officers assaulted him when they confronted the duo, Wind Creek Bethlehem Hotel & Casino counters that the plaintiff had not properly pled allegations of negligence or to support a request for punitive damages. -
Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police settle former officer's claims of sexual harassment for $1.75M
ALLENTOWN – Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police have settled litigation from a female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department for $1.75 million – litigation which alleged 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. -
Jackhammer operator who alleged Norfolk Southern's negligence caused his injuries ends case
ALLENTOWN – Litigation from a jackhammer operator and his spouse against the Norfolk Southern railroad company, which claimed company negligence forced the operator to jump approximately 30 feet from a manlift in order to save his own life from an approaching train, has been closed. -
Lancaster is dismissed from litigation concerning alleged warrantless raids of vape businesses
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County has been dismissed from litigation asserting that its district attorney and police officers conducted warrantless raids of businesses selling vape products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books. -
Federal judge confirms $779K arbitration award to franchisee, in Choice Hotels lawsuit
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has confirmed a $779,000 arbitration award decided in favor of a plaintiff franchisee in a wide-ranging lawsuit brought by such franchisees against the Choice Hotels organization, who claimed they have been overcharged inflated fees to increase the group’s revenue and have been subjected to discriminatory treatment based on race. -
After deaths of girls blamed on hoverboard battery, judge OKs $38.5M settlement
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has signed off on a settlement of $38.5 million in survival and wrongful death litigation surrounding a fatal house fire in Hellertown in April 2022, a fire started by a hoverboard device which allegedly malfunctioned while charging and killed two young girls. -
Mother of Pen Argyl boy harmed by lead exposure settles with former landlord for $20K
ALLENTOWN – The mother of a six-year-old Pen Argyl boy who filed suit against her Florida-based landlord, charging that his failure to remediate lead from the home she rented has left her son with permanent brain damage, recently settled her claims for $20,000. -
$38.5 million settlement after deaths of girls blamed on hoverboard battery
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has approved a settlement of $38.5 million in survival and wrongful death litigation surrounding a fatal house fire in Hellertown in April 2022, a fire started by a hoverboard device which malfunctioned while charging and killed two young girls. -
Judge: Biological father of girl who died in hoverboard house fire cannot recover Wrongful Death Act damages
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has ruled that the biological father of one girl among two killed in a fatal house fire in Hellertown in April 2022, a fire started by a hoverboard device which malfunctioned while charging, is not eligible to recover damages under the Wrongful Death Act. -
Lancaster County law enforcement seeks judgment on the pleadings for raids of vape products shops
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County, its district attorney and police officers are seeking judgment on the pleadings in litigation asserting that they conducted warrantless raids of businesses selling vape products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books. -
Federal judge sets aside default judgment in Lehigh County woman's suit resulting from cellmate assault
ALLENTOWN – An inmate at the Lehigh County Jail, who claimed she was severely beaten and assaulted by her cellmate with alleged mental health issues and violent tendencies and who had been denied her regimen of medication to control those same issues, has had the default judgment granted to her set aside by a federal court. -
Lehigh County plaintiff says her extensive car accident injuries were Allentown cop's fault
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman alleges she suffered numerous physical injuries, as a result of a motor vehicle collision she says was caused by an Allentown police officer who operated their vehicle in a reckless fashion. -
Judge consolidates class action suits over software company's alleged Exchange Act violations
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has consolidated a securities class action litigation, which claims that a software and payment processing company made materially false and misleading statements regarding its own business, operations and compliance policies. -
Court trims the federal government's opioid lawsuit against Amerisource Bergen
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge allowed the government’s lawsuit against drug distributor Amerisource Bergen to proceed, but cut down the potential size of the government’s claims by ruling Amerisource could only be ordered to pay fines over opioids it shipped after Congress amended the Controlled Substances Act in 2018. -
Coopersburg woman reiterates false arrest and other claims from Upper Saucon Township police
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman maintains allegations that in response to a wellness check call initiated by a friend, several officers from the Upper Saucon Township Police Department responded with an improper seizure, assault and false arrest.