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Thursday, March 28, 2024

News from October 2012


Coatesville Pa. police face wrongful arrest claim by Vietnam vet

By Jon Campisi |
A Vietnam veteran who claims he was wrongfully arrested for a gunpoint robbery, an act that subsequently caused him to spend nearly two months in county prison, has filed suit against the police officers who took him into custody two years ago.

KFC attorneys remove Phila. man's injury claim to federal court

By Jon Campisi |
Attorneys for fast food chain Kentucky Fried Chicken are moving to transfer a personal

Retaliatory discharge claim against Phila. Mental Health Care Corp. can proceed, judge rules

By Jon Campisi |
Retaliatory discharge and hostile work environment claims made by a former employee

Western Pa. widow drops federal lawsuit against suburban Phila. law firm

By Jon Campisi |
An elderly woman from western Pennsylvania has agreed to drop her federal lawsuit against a suburban Philadelphia law firm that had attempted to force the sale of the plaintiff’s home over a ten dollar unpaid residential trash collection bill.

Phila. Judge New replaces Tereshko as civil trial division supervising judge

By Jon Campisi |
Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge Allan L. Tereshko has resigned his position as

Penn State board authorizes subcommittee to approve possible Sandusky settlements

By Jon Campisi |
The Board of Trustees of Penn State University during a special meeting

N. Carolina plaintiff files Zoloft products liability claim in Phila. MDL

By Jon Campisi |
Pharmaceutical manufacturer Pfizer Inc. is facing yet another products liability claim

Inmate's access-to-the-courts claim denied by federal judge

By Jon Campisi |
A federal judge has dismissed a pro se civil action that had been initiated

Phila. jury awards nearly $2 million to cancer patient who alleged untimely diagnosis

By Jon Campisi |
A Philadelphia jury recently awarded nearly $2 million to a now-terminally

Victim of tractor-trailer accident sues truck's driver and company

By Jon Campisi |
A New Jersey woman is suing a truck driver and his employers over claims

Phila. nursing home sued for professional negligence

By Jon Campisi |
A Philadelphia woman who claims she suffered multiple injuries after falling at a city

PWD laborer files product liability claim against makers of work truck

By Jon Campisi |
A Philadelphia Water Department laborer who claims he sustained severe physical injuries after being thrown from a work truck, allegedly because of a faulty door, has filed suit against the vehicle’s manufacturers.

Judge in FJD's legal malpractice case dismisses counter-claim for contribution by defendant attorney

By Jon Campisi |
The judge overseeing the First Judicial District’s legal malpractice case against the

Prisoner reentry facility sued by resident who was struck on head by ceiling vent

By Jon Campisi |
A Philadelphia man alleges in a recently filed complaint that he sustained head injuries

Pa. judge instructs commonwealth to respond to supplemental injunction request in Voter ID case

By Jon Campisi |
The state judge handling the Voter ID case has ordered the commonwealth to show cause

Maine couple files Zoloft wrongful death claim in federal court in Phila.

By Jon Campisi |
A New England couple is suing the makers of the antidepressant drug Zoloft in federal

Sandusky judge schedules hearing to address defense post-trial relief

By Jon Campisi |
The judge handling the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse case has scheduled oral arguments

Judge issues mixed ruling in Prevacid products liability claim against Takeda Pharmaceuticals

By Jon Campisi |
A federal judge in Philadelphia has granted in part, and denied in part a motion to

Pa. JCB files complaint against Phila. Common Pleas Court Judge Nocella

By Jon Campisi |
Pennsylvania’s Judicial Conduct Board has filed a formal complaint against a Philadelphia

U.S. Attorney seeks to transfer suit by mental health patient who was sexually assaulted to federal court

By Jon Campisi |
The U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is seeking to move a lawsuit