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Owen J. Roberts School District officials settle claims they allegedly failed to protect student from molestation
ALLENTOWN – Authorities in the Owen J. Roberts School District have settled claims that they failed to protect a Chester Springs woman from being molested by her philosophy teacher when she was a high school student in 2020.
Michigan family who collided with duck crossing sign outside Holiday Inn sues the hotel
PITTSBURGH – A Michigan family claims that an improperly-placed duck crossing sign outside a Holiday Inn near Pittsburgh was the proximate cause of a collision they incurred and the subsequent injuries they sustained.
Summary judgment motion coming in case of Pa. State Police arresting man for molestation allegations
PITTSBURGH – A motion for summary judgment will soon be filed, in a lawsuit brought by a Western Pennsylvania man who alleged that his civil rights were violated when he was arrested for allegedly molesting and raping his stepdaughter, charges which he claimed are untrue and were recanted by the girl.
Curran-Fromhold inmate insists he was subjected to cruel and unusual punishment
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County man insists he was subjected to a lack of medical care and cruel and unusual punishment in violation of his constitutionally-protected civil rights, while incarcerated at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility.
Widower reiterates UPMC-affiliated facility was negligent in causing his wife's fall and later death
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh widower has restated that a University of Pittsburgh Medical Center-affiliated facility is responsible for the eventual death of his wife, after she first fell while being transferred from her wheelchair to her bed.
Pittston says Colorado man did not heed calls to repair his property, which it then demolished
SCRANTON – The City of Pittston insists that a piece of mixed-use property owned by a Colorado plaintiff was structurally unsound, and only demolished after repeated attempts on its part to compel the plaintiff to repair the property.
Allegheny County judge overrules restaurant's objections, in wooden deck injuries lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has overruled objections from Satalio’s Restaurant, who had disavowed liability for injuries that two plaintiffs alleged they sustained when they fell from the premises’ outdoor wooden deck last fall.
Support services group says insufficiency mars lawsuit over man's accidental overdose
PITTSBURGH – A housing support group argues that a missing Certificate of Merit and pleading insufficiencies have detracted from litigation containing claims that a local man and father of five children, who was residing at a rehabilitation center for those dealing with homelessness, mental illness or dependency issues, died from an accidental overdose.
FOX 29 news anchor settles improper image use case in federal court
PHILADELPHIA – “Good Day Philadelphia” anchor Karen Hepp has settled claims with social media sites like Facebook and Reddit for featuring an image taken without her knowledge on several commercial websites, including one on an ad for erectile dysfunction, for an undisclosed amount.
Federal court throws out lawsuit from judge labeled as 'QAnon-linked' by The Daily Beast
PHILADELPHIA – A federal court has dismissed a state court judge’s defamation lawsuit against online news outlet The Daily Beast, which she said damaged her standing as a jurist when it printed that she was aligned with the QAnon group.
Belle Vernon Area School District cites statutory exception in suit over its failed bus canopy
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania school district seeking compensation from the construction firm who built an entrance bus canopy at one of its elementary schools, which failed after nearly 15 years of use, says its case is an exception to a 12-year statute of repose which would otherwise bar its claims.
Phila. prison officials deny they ignored past conduct of inmates who attacked plaintiff
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for officials at the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center deny charges that the defendants ignored the prior conduct of two fellow inmates with a propensity for violent behavior, who attacked the plaintiff with a homemade weapon last summer.
Allegheny County cases over Airbnb house party shooting consolidated for discovery, not trial
PITTSBURGH – Six cases involving plaintiffs who suffered severe injuries while escaping a shooting at a party that took place at an Airbnb rental home in Pittsburgh have been consolidated for purposes of discovery, but not for trial.
L’Oréal and Garnier want to see case alleging woman suffered a chemical burn dismissed
SCRANTON – For reasons of alleged improper service and pleading of claims, L’Oréal and Garnier are seeking dismissal of a South Carolina woman’s lawsuit that claimed using its hair dye products caused her to suffer a chemical burn on the back of her head.
Chester charter school wants counts removed from case of kindergartener's alleged sexual assaults
PHILADELPHIA – A charter school in Chester is seeking dismissal with prejudice of civil rights claims in a lawsuit that alleges it failed to prevent the repeated sexual assaults of one of its kindergarten students, by their classmate.
Some claims dismissed from malicious prosecution lawsuit filed by Wilkinsburg mass shooting suspects
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has granted partial dismissal in a pair of malicious prosecution suits from two men who were accused of murdering six people and an unborn child in a mass shooting in Wilkinsburg in 2016.
Suit: Woman wrongly arrested for daughter's road rage incident, had seizure while in custody
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman alleges that she was wrongly arrested for a road rage incident involving her daughter, denied medical care and as a result, had seizure while in custody.
After car pins man next to gas pump, British Petroleum removes case to federal court
PITTSBURGH – British Petroleum has removed to federal court a lawsuit for injuries that a Pittsburgh man suffered, when he was pinned against a gasoline pump at one of its stations by one car involved in a nearby automobile accident.
Pittsburgh couple reiterate claims that Allegheny General Hospital parking gate arm struck wife
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple insist that Allegheny General Hospital, its parking garage and one of its employees negligently allowed a parking gate arm to fall and strike the wife-plaintiff on the head, causing her severe injuries.
Plaintiff: North Braddock cemetery didn't correct mistake on burial arrangement
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man maintains that a North Braddock cemetery did not properly execute a burial arrangement for his deceased wife and a future one for himself, and that the company ignored repeated requests to correct its mistake.