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Pittsburgh must lift residency requirement to find more paramedics, lawsuit says
PITTSBURGH - A requirement that emergency medical professionals live in Pittsburgh in order to work there is the subject of a lawsuit that claims it is to blame for understaffing.
ACLU backs pro-Palestine student group in lawsuit against Pitt
PITTSBURGH - A pro-Palestine student group at the University of Pittsburgh has filed a federal lawsuit after the school hit it with a suspension.
Whistles and name-calling: Pa. school district defends response to racism claims
PHILADELPHIA - Bi-racial students alleging racism at Northwestern Lehigh Middle School lied about its response to their claims, the school district is claiming in court documents.
As Pa. Supreme Court decides how long disabled students get free education, federal judge refuses to weigh in
PHILADELPHIA - Four students who claimed they were entitled to a free education until they turn 22 years old have lost their lawsuit against the Council Rock and Central Bucks school districts.
Amputated foot verdict to cost Pa. company millions
PHILADELPHIA - A Philadelphia jury has awarded $2.7 million to a man who claimed his employer's help line discouraged him from seeking medical attention for an injury to his foot that caused it to be amputated later.
Ex-Harvard morgue manager pleads guilty to selling human remains
WILLIAMSPORT - The former morgue manager at Harvard Medical School accused of harvesting and selling body parts like skin and heads has pleaded guilty.
Asbestos cases in PA keep coming, and lawyers want new trial after confused jurors rule for J&J, sort of
PHILADELPHIA - Philadelphia was 2024's fourth-most popular U.S. destination for new asbestos lawsuits with an almost 11% increase, according to new research by the firm KCIC, while plaintiff lawyers seek a new trial after a bizarre defense verdict in Pittsburgh.
Woman falls down stairs at day care, loses lawsuit with too-late argument
PHILADELPHIA - A state appeals court has affirmed a jury verdict in the case of a woman who fell down stairs at a day care while wearing covers on her shoes.
UPDATE: Arson suspect who would've beat Gov. Shapiro with a hammer denied bail
HARRISBURG - The man accused of setting fire to Gov. Josh Shapiro's home was arraigned yesterday in Dauphin County and denied bail.
Wrongful death case blames Johnstown fire on prosthetic arm's battery
PITTSBURGH - A house fire in Johnstown that claimed the lives of two is blamed on the charger for a prosthetic arm, in a recently filed lawsuit in Pittsburgh state court.
'Death trap': Morgan & Morgan adds stairs to list of dangers to health
PITTSBURGH - As the nation's largest personal injury firm sues the food industry for allegedly ruining the nation's health, it now blames a woman's heart attack on having to take the stairs to her apartment.
Phila. Roundup lawyers seek smoking guns from glyphosate group
PHILADELPHIA - Lawyers looking for jackpots in Philadelphia want information from a new group led by Bayer AG that advocates for the continued use of the herbicide glyphosate in weedkiller's like Roundup.
Judge strikes technicality that cost 10K Pennsylvanians their vote in 2022
ERIE - A slight inconvenience for mail-in voters is unconstitutional, a Pennsylvania federal judge has ruled in a win for Democrats that challenged it.
Millions on the way to lab that created controversial Zantac scare
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A drug-testing lab's war on Zantac, which spawned tens of thousands of lawsuits despite claims of "junk science," will earn it millions of dollars.
'Retire the Raider' ringleader can pursue lawsuit against Twin Valley School District
READING - Even though Twin Valley High School has recognized as official a student club hoping to change its mascot, it must still face a First Amendment lawsuit.
Judge to Wilkinsburg Massacre suspect: No wrongful arrest if you actually did it
PITTSBURGH - The man arrested for the murder of six people in a Western Pennsylvania shooting who was later acquitted won't get to take his malicious prosecution claim to trial, as a federal judge seems to think he did, in fact, pull the trigger.
Pa. Supreme Court rules federal law protects gun-maker in case of teen's accidental death
PITTSBURGH - The Pennsylvania Supreme Court won't let the parents of a teenager shot and killed accidentally to sue the gun's maker and seller.
Judge won't step in to give Pennsylvanians medical aid in dying
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania man who equated not being able to die with dignity with slavery has lost his argument in federal court, as a judge refused to bypass the General Assembly and institute medical aid in dying.
School district fights case over transgender runner
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania school district says the female high school athlete that sued it after losing two races to a transgender female hasn't shown her constitutional rights were violated.
Bisexual man taking PennDOT to trial on hostile work environment claim
WILKES-BARRE - The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation can't escape a lawsuit filed by a bisexual former employee who claimed harassment like co-workers placing a tampon on his chair.