U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Philadelphia Division
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Judge orders ex-Amtrak employee’s claims against company stayed, for arbitration
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ordered litigation from a former Amtrak engineer who alleged he was terminated for reporting mismanagement and safety issues on rail line projects as stayed, pending an arbitration session. -
Yeadon denies that it discriminated against its former Borough Manager by gender and race
PHILADELPHIA – The Borough of Yeadon has denied allegations of gender and race discrimination from its former Borough Manager, arguing that it simply did not renew a contract with the plaintiff’s employer. -
Tentative settlement reached for former IRS staffer in case against Lower Frederick and police official
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff who initially alleged civil rights violations, discrimination and retaliation were committed against him in violation of both state and federal laws, including a claim that he was terminated from his role at the Internal Revenue Service because of unlawful retaliation by Lower Frederick Township and its Chief of Police, has tentatively settled his claims. -
Parents who alleged their home was stormed by Philly deputies drop two of their claims
PHILADELPHIA – Parent plaintiffs who claimed multiple officers from the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Department violated their civil rights when they executed a search warrant at their home in an attempt to find the plaintiffs’ son, who had been murdered five months before the search took place, have agreed to drop two claims from their case. -
Case alleging Starbucks coffee scalded plaintiff may be remanded to state court
PHILADELPHIA – A Northeastern Pennsylvania man, who claimed in a Philadelphia state court that he received first and second-degree burns from Starbucks coffee which spilled onto his lap and saw the case removed to federal court, is now trying to remand the case to its original court. -
Counsel for engineer in 2015 Philly Amtrak derailment is facing $322K in legal fees
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the engineer of an Amtrak train that crashed and derailed in Philadelphia in 2015, who withdrew his client’s suit against the transit company in the interest of seeking relief in a state court and preventing duplicative litigation, is now facing a pursuit from Amtrak for over $322,000 in legal fees. -
Some claims dropped from suit brought by family of transgender woman killed by Malvern police
PHILADELPHIA – Pursuant to mutual stipulation between the family of a transgender woman who was shot and killed inside their own home by members of the Malvern Police Department during a wellness check last year, as well as the Department, the Borough of Malvern and the police officials involved in the incident, several claims have been withdrawn from the lawsuit connected to it. -
Registered trademark litigation ensues between firms specializing in education law
PHILADELPHIA – A local law firm seeks review of an order which struck down its attempt to cancel a Bucks County-based firm’s trademark surrounding the phrase “Education Lawyers”, in reference to both of their areas of legal expertise. -
Pa. man, N.J. law firm look to dismiss RICO case brought over debt collection suit
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania man and a New Jersey law firm seek dismissal in the case of a tangled series of legal wranglings stretching across two states, which originated with an underlying suit brought in New Jersey state court to collect a debt owed by a former student of Rutgers University, and then a countersuit brought in federal court against the collection law firm for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. -
Man exonerated after 27 years in prison for murder passes away while civil lawsuit is pending
PHILADELPHIA – A man who spent more than half of his life, 27 years, wrongly incarcerated and filed a civil suit against the City of Philadelphia and various officers involved in his arrest and prosecution has passed away. -
Man's suit against Bath & Body Works over exploding candle to be resolved in arbitration
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man’s lawsuit claiming that a candle he had lit nearly three years ago caught fire and ignited in an explosive fashion, causing him to suffer severe burns to his fingers, hands and arms, will be addressed in arbitration as opposed to a courtroom. -
Philly argues that RFK Jr.-chaired nonprofit's case against COVID child vax measures should be dismissed
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia seeks to dismiss litigation from a California nonprofit group chaired by independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. concerning allegations that the City was vaccinating young children against COVID-19 without parental consent, for failure to state claims upon which relief could be granted. -
Plaintiff says his injury lawsuit was used as collateral to obtain litigation funding behind his back
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man has filed a lawsuit against his former lawyer, charging that the counsel in question used his underlying job injury suit as collateral to obtain litigation funding and subsequently transferred that amount’s high-interest loans to his legal fees. -
Second lawsuit brought against Philadelphia Housing Authority for fatal 2022 apartment fire
PHILADELPHIA – A fatal apartment house fire in Philadelphia, which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people, has not only spawned a state court wrongful death lawsuit, but now a federal court civil rights lawsuit. -
Phila. and claims dismissed from suit of woman allegedly denied medical care in police custody
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed the City of Philadelphia and two different counts from a lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia woman who alleged she was wrongly arrested for a road rage incident involving her daughter, denied medical care and as a result, had a seizure while in custody. -
Pa. left as lone defendant in suit from family of man about to be released from 45-year prison term, only to die of COVID-19
PHILADELPHIA – The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is the lone defendant remaining in litigation brought by the family of a man who died from COVID-19 shortly before he was to be released from prison after more than four decades, litigation which charged that state officials did not approve the decedent’s pardon in a timely manner, allegedly leaving him at greater risk for contracting the virus and causing his death. -
Lawsuit: Philly sheriff's officers stormed couple's home looking for their son, who had been murdered months before
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of parent plaintiffs claim multiple officers from the Philadelphia Sheriff’s Department violated their civil rights, when the officers executed a search warrant at their home in an attempt to find the plaintiffs’ son, despite his having been murdered five months before the search took place. -
Delco man claims after beating tickets, the officer who wrote them later arrested him on false charges
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County man alleges that a member of the Colwyn Police Department, after unsuccessfully attempting to sanction him with a trio of motor vehicle tickets, later arrested him on fabricated charges of marijuana possession and disorderly conduct, which were then withdrawn at the plaintiff’s first preliminary court hearing. -
Sesame Place Philadelphia wants judgment in lawsuit alleging discrimination against Black children
PHILADELPHIA – SeaWorld’s Sesame Place Philadelphia is seeking a dismissal through summary judgment, in litigation which charged that employees of the park discriminated against the plaintiff’s daughter, a Black child, during a meet-and-greet session with some costumed characters. -
Marple Township seeks dismissal of case brought after man killed by passing vehicle
PHILADELPHIA – Marple Township and several of its police officers look to dismiss unnecessary and unserved parties and what it calls improper relief, in civil rights litigation brought by the estate of a man left at a bus stop while in an intoxicated state by Township police officers, and who was then killed by a passing vehicle shortly thereafter two years ago.