Tag Archives: Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Another SEPTA rider arrested by Phila. D.A. for filing fraudulent injury claim
In what officially appears to be an ever-increasing problem for the City of Philadelphia, yet another mass transit rider has found herself facing criminal charges relating to allegations that she attempted to defraud insurance companies due to alleged injuries she … Read More
Philly D.A. charges 10 with filing false injury claims against SEPTA
In what seems to have become a common trend as of late, the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office has once again made arrests in connection with alleged fraudulent personal injury claims filed against SEPTA. Ten people were recently charged with submitting … Read More
Elderly woman dropped face-first from wheelchair sues paratransit agency in state court
An elderly Philadelphia woman asserts in a newly filed personal injury complaint that she suffered facial lacerations and other injuries when she was dropped by a transit employee who had been carrying the wheelchair-bound plaintiff up her front stairs in … Read More
Philly D.A. charges two with filing false insurance claims against SEPTA
In a situation that seems to have become all too common in recent time, Philadelphia’s top law enforcer has announced criminal charges against two city residents for allegedly filing false insurance claims against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority stemming from … Read More
Fired SEPTA worker sues for wrongful termination
A former employee of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority who claims he was fired from his job of less than a year because of his need to take medical leave due to a heart condition has filed a federal civil … Read More
Philly D.A. files insurance fraud charges against two for false claims against SEPTA
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams announced last week that his office has charged two people with filing false personal injury claims against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority stemming from an alleged incident that occurred aboard a mass transit bus in … Read More
Pa. Supreme Court: SEPTA not ‘arm’ of the commonwealth, can face FELA claim
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided that mass transit agency SEPTA is not entitled to sovereign immunity because it is not an “arm” of the commonwealth, and therefore can face suit by employees of its Regional Rail Division who … Read More
Phila. D.A. charges six with filing false personal injury claims
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams has lodged criminal charges against six people for filing false personal injury claims against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority over an incident that occurred two years ago. On Thanksgiving night in 2010, according to the … Read More
Fired SEPTA worker sues for retaliatory discharge relating to sexual harassment complaints
A woman who claims she was fired from her longtime job with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority in retaliation for complaining about sexual harassment has filed a federal civil rights complaint against the mass transit agency. Delaware resident Michelle Precia … Read More
SEPTA facing injury claim by rider who was tossed about during hard turn
A mass transit rider who claims she sustained bodily injuries after she was violently thrown across the center aisle of a SEPTA bus and into the back of the driver’s seat, all because the vehicle’s operator made a quick hard … Read More