Nicholas Malfitano News
Cambria County railroad worker says toxic exposure led him to contract prostate cancer
JOHNSTOWN – A Cambria County man claims that in his time as a railroad laborer, his workplace exposure to a host of toxic chemicals led him to contract prostate cancer and is suing a Georgia railroad company for damages.
Bucks County couple's negligence suit against Sandals resort may be thrown out
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County couple who allege that the husband-plaintiff suffered a series of injuries when he fell on a wet staircase at a Sandals resort in St. Lucia, may see their case dismissed if proper service of the complaint is not made.
UPMC health system denies claims it was negligent, in care for plaintiff's late father
PITTSBURGH – The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center at McKeesport and its parent health system have denied liability in litigation claiming that it was negligent in its care of the plaintiff’s late father, after he suffered a pair of heart attacks which ultimately claimed his life.
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology was negligent in causing home fall, plaintiff reiterates
MEDIA – A woman seriously injured in a fall at a home owned by the Pennsylvania Institute of Technology continues to maintain the institution is responsible for the injuries she received, including spinal fractures and broken ribs.
Sherwin-Williams wins dismissal of couple's product liability lawsuit after their deck caught fire
ALLENTOWN – Sherwin-Williams has won summary judgment against an Easton couple’s litigation, which alleged the product they used to stain their deck self-heated and caused a fire on their property.
Settlement reached in suit from parents of murdered student against Millersville U., just prior to trial
ALLENTOWN – A settlement has been reached in litigation brought against Millersville University, by the parents of a student murdered on the school’s campus by her boyfriend in February 2015.
Class action suit says U.S. Steel plant in Braddock emits noxious odors for area residents
PITTSBURGH – One Western Pennsylvania homeowner has filed a class action nuisance lawsuit alleging that U.S. Steel’s refinery plant in Braddock has generated pollutant byproducts, which have affected the quality of life of area residents.
Political activist wants stay in flag-burning civil suit against Pottsville, after conviction was vacated
SCRANTON – An activist litigating with the City of Pottsville’s open-burning ordinance with respect to burning flags as a method of political protest, is seeking a stay of the instant case, now that his criminal conviction for the suit’s subject incident has been overturned by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
Defendant in pool table store fall suit denies liability and cross-claim
PITTSBURGH – A defendant named in a Pittsburgh couple’s personal injury suit concerning the husband-plaintiff’s fall inside of a pool table store has rejected allegations that it is liable for the plaintiffs’ injuries.
Woodlyn plaintiff who suffered knee injury at Ridley Township library receives $20K
MEDIA – A Woodlyn plaintiff who alleged that an accumulation of water on the sidewalk at her local public library caused her to fall and suffer injuries to her left knee was recently awarded $20,000 by a Delaware County court.
$500K award for Scranton couple who alleged defendants missed wife's pancreatic cancer
SCRANTON – A Scranton couple who alleged that a number of medical entities and health care providers committed professional negligence when the defendants failed to identify and diagnose the wife's Stage III pancreatic cancer received $500,000 in damages.
Settlement for Erie man who alleged U.S. government entities didn't find his prostate cancer
ERIE – An Erie man who brought litigation against the U.S. government and the Department of Veterans Affairs and claimed that they negligently failed to pronounce an early diagnosis of his prostate cancer, has settled his case.
Plaintiff counsel in remanded suit over mail-in ballots for Lehigh County judgeship race want $250K in attorney's fees
ALLENTOWN – After the U.S. Supreme Court declared as moot a decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, which counted 257 Lehigh County ballots missing the date on their outer envelopes in last year’s general election for a Lehigh County judgeship and remanded the case to its original federal court – plaintiff counsel is now seeking almost $250,000 in attorney’s fees.
Philly man says he was bitten by bed bugs at Econo Lodge hotel in Lester
MEDIA – A local man alleges that he was bitten by bed bugs during his three-day stay in an Econo Lodge hotel located in Delaware County two years ago, and has sued the hotel chain for damages he sustained.
Religious order that sued over pipeline loses appeal to Third Circuit
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said Tuesday that a religious order who alleged its rights to practice its faith were being infringed through construction of a natural gas pipeline and lost in federal court for lack of jurisdiction, have lost their appeal and will not receive financial compensation.
Pittsburgh business sues neighbor and sewer authority over its flooded basement
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh business has filed suit against its neighboring business and local sewer authorities, after a leak occurred and its basement was flooded under inches of water.
Ryder looks to avail itself of Kellogg's attempt to blame it for trucking employee's injuries
ALLENTOWN – Ryder seeks to dismiss a third-party complaint brought against it by The Kellogg Company, in connection with liability for injuries allegedly suffered by a Lancaster woman – when pallets loaded with goods fell out of a tractor-trailer and struck her body.
Defendant in suit over row with former DOJ attorney objects to privacy invasion and emotional distress claims
PITTSBURGH – A man named as a defendant in a harassment and defamation lawsuit surrounding a brief relationship between himself and a former U.S. Department of Justice attorney, has objected to the allegations directing responsibility for the charges in question to him.
Hoverboard manufacturer and Target deny liability for girls' deaths in house fire
ALLENTOWN – A hoverboard manufacturer and Target have denied responsibility for the device igniting while charging and starting a fatal house fire in Hellertown last April, which killed two young girls.
Health care facility wants to strike counts from suit alleging it flooded home with raw sewage
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania health care facility is seeking to strike a charge of negligence per se and a demand for punitive damage, in litigation brought by a Mount Lebanon couple who alleged the bottom level of their home was ruined when raw sewage accumulated there due to a line back-up caused by the defendants.