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Black attorney says he was questioned as a suspicious person while eating lunch at McDonald's
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County attorney alleges that he was the subject of racial discrimination when police officers responded to a report that he was a suspicious person, as he dined at a local McDonald’s restaurant.
White & Williams seeks to dismiss $30M legal malpractice case from Va. company
PHILADELPHIA – A local law firm seeks to dismiss a legal malpractice suit brought against it by a Virginia business, which claimed the firm’s negligent representation resulted in it losing $30 million.
Election boards oppose legal attempt to compel them to accept undated mail-in ballots
ERIE – Two county boards of election have opposed litigation from six voters’ rights groups against acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Leigh M. Chapman and all of the county boards of election statewide, in order to compel officials to accept undated mail-in ballots and “not disenfranchise voters based on an immaterial paperwork error.”
Black former DHS employee holds true to discrimination and retaliation claims
PITTSBURGH – A Black former employee of Allegheny County’s Department of Human Services has maintained her claims that it retaliated against and fired her from her role within the department, in response to her reporting alleged discrimination tactics against her.
Landlord contradicts events which supposedly led tenant's ceiling to collapse
LANCASTER – In a suit which claimed a landlord’s negligence resulted in the ceiling of the plaintiff’s prior domicile collapsing on her, due to failure to repair a leak in her living room ceiling, the landlord has presented a different series of events which conflicts with the plaintiff’s.
Bus company wants West Mifflin Area School District's objections overruled in breach of contract case
PITTSBURGH – A school bus company is seeking an overruling of preliminary objections in its litigation against West Mifflin Area School District, which alleged that the District breached the contract between the two parties, countering that an unjust enrichment suit should be thrown out.
Beauty salon wants lawsuit accusing it of unsanitary practices thrown out
PHILADELPHIA – A beauty salon says litigation against it from a California woman, who claimed she developed a staph infection due to the salon’s unsanitary practices, should be dismissed for failure to state its claims.
Scrap metal facility imposed noxious odors and noise on its neighbors, plaintiff insists
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman has maintained her claims that a local scrap metal processing facility’s emission of noxious odors, particulates and imposition of noise has negatively affected a number of surrounding area homeowners.
Judge: Upper Chichester Police Department must answer discovery in excessive force case
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted a motion compelling the Upper Chichester Township Police Department and several of its members to comply with requests for specific discovery from plaintiff counsel, in connection with a Delaware County man’s assault and excessive force allegations from an incident which occurred two years ago.
Parents of pre-trial detainee killed in custody file new complaint against Philadelphia and corrections officers
PHILADELPHIA – After seeing the initial version of their complaint dismissed, the parents of a pre-trial detainee who was assaulted and killed by individuals he was incarcerated with two years ago have brought new litigation against the City of Philadelphia and several corrections co-defendants.
Failure to use due care charge removed from injured shopper's suit against Aldi grocery
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County woman and discount grocery store chain Aldi have agreed to dismiss allegations the business failed to use due care, after the plaintiff said a metal produce shelf fell on her when she was shopping inside the grocer’s West Mifflin store.
Rochester shopper's slip-and-fall suit against Rite Aid loses one defendant
PITTSBURGH – One defendant has been dismissed from a Western Pennsylvania woman’s negligence lawsuit against Rite Aid, brought after she fell on uncleaned salt and snow in the wake of a snowstorm and broke her right ankle last January.
Law firm says defamation and slander suit is not duplicative, and should proceed
MEDIA – A local law firm and one of its Delaware County-based partners who accused a group of individuals of defamation and slander say their complaint should not be dismissed and is not duplicative of a prior action, to the contrary of the defendants’ arguments.
Company argues panels that fell and severed plaintiff's toes were not defective
PITTSBURGH – An Alabama company has rejected allegations that it is responsible for defective concrete panels which came loose and fell on the plaintiff’s right foot during a work assignment, leading four of his toes to be severed.
Lawsuit against Chester over alleged assault on hold as city goes through bankruptcy
PHILADELPHIA – In the wake of the City of Chester filing for bankruptcy, a federal judge has stayed litigation from two individuals who participated in an “Environmental Justice Day” march and claimed they were assaulted there by Chester government officials, including the mayor and two members of borough council.
City of Philadelphia denies it discriminated against Black female officer
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has denied that it committed discriminatory conduct against a Black female officer, who alleged she was subjected to discriminatory treatment by her superiors through her being reassigned on two occasions and the removal of her service weapon for more than four years.
School District of Philadelphia wins summary judgment, in fired LGBTQ teacher's discrimination case
PHILADELPHIA – The School District of Philadelphia has won summary judgment dismissal in a lawsuit brought by a former teacher and member of the LGBTQ community who claimed she faced discrimination and retaliation by the District before being fired.
Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority contends it was not responsible for business's flooding
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority has discounted liability for leak and property damage that a local business sustained, when its basement flooded under inches of water.
Pittsburgh says it's not responsible for man's injuries sustained in icy fall on riverwalk
PITTSBURGH – The City of Pittsburgh has denied liability for injuries that a Canonsburg man said he suffered when he fell on ice during a walk on the Three Rivers Heritage Trail earlier this year.
Man almost being killed in pressurized fan system is not our fault, company says
PITTSBURGH – Multiple defendants have hit back at a Western Pennsylvania couple’s negligence claims that argue they were liable for injuries the husband-plaintiff suffered when he was sucked into a pressurized fan system and nearly killed.