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After six Canadians die in crash, suit against helicopter manufacturer filed in Pa. federal court
PHILADELPHIA – The families of six members of the Canadian Armed Forces who were killed in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece have launched litigation against the helicopter’s American manufacturer, Sikorsky Aircraft, charging it with defectively designing the aircraft and causing the fatal crash.
UPMC McKeesport staff failed to save plaintiffs' son from pulmonary embolism, they say
PITTSBURGH – The parents of a 33-year-old man who died of a pulmonary embolism at the University of Pittsburgh McKeesport hospital one year ago insists that attending hospital staff failed to discover the aforementioned fatal condition, which caused their son’s death.
Attorneys accused of taking another lawyer's work product dispute conversion claims
PITTSBURGH – Two attorneys have refuted allegations that they illegally possess the proprietary information of another lawyer and refuse to return it to him, arguing that his allegations of conversion are ill-founded.
Lawsuit: Pittsburgh bus' rear-end collision with other vehicle injures rider
PITTSBURGH – A local man claims he was severely injured while riding a Pittsburgh city bus, when the bus came to a sudden and abrupt stop, and caused a rear-end accident with the vehicle in front of it.
State College Area School District should allow all students to participate in extracurriculars, suit says
WILLIAMSPORT – A religious rights group and two Centre County families claim that the State College Area School District is unfairly discriminating against home school and parochial school students within its area, by preventing them from participating in extracurricular activities in the District.
Pa. Supreme Court OKs $2.8M punitive damages award in case with $250K compensatory payout
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a lower court ruling and approved a calculation formula which resulted in a $2.8 million punitive damages award, in a case where compensatory damages only totaled $250,000.
Richland Fire Department says it's not responsible for man's bike crash and injuries
JOHNSTOWN – The Richland Fire Department has denied responsibility for head injuries a New York man alleged he incurred, when the bicycle he was riding collided with a plastic barricade placed outside Richland High School and caused him to be thrown from the bike.
Defendants implicated in treadmill stress test injury case ask for case to be thrown out
WILLIAMSPORT – Defendants named in a lawsuit from a woman who alleged she was injured during a treadmill-based medical stress test, are seeking to have the plaintiff’s case thrown out for failure to file a Certificate of Merit.
Plaintiff says Upper Darby Township has no basis to dismiss class action parking tickets suit
PHILADELPHIA – A Clifton Heights woman maintains that Upper Darby Township has violated state and federal laws over the past two years by failing to notify hundreds and potentially thousands of drivers it issued parking tickets to of how they may contest those tickets, and that its rationale for wanting to dismiss the case is unfounded.
Suit: Chinese companies manufactured slitting machine which cut off plaintiff's thumb
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple alleges that a pair of Chinese manufacturers defectively produced a machine used for cutting sheet metal, resulting in the husband-plaintiff losing his right thumb in the machine at work.
Judge orders settlement over train death of 15-year-old girl to be filed under seal
PITTSBURGH – By order of a federal judge, an Ohio rail company has resolved claims connected to the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was struck by a train while crossing a railroad bridge in South Fayette Township three years ago, under seal.
Starbucks wants $25.6M jury award to fired white manager overturned and a new trial
CAMDEN, N.J. – After a federal court jury awarded $25.6 million to a white former Starbucks store manager who claimed she faced racial discrimination and firing from the coffee company, after two Black men were controversially arrested at a Philadelphia store location, Starbucks wants a new trial and the award nullified.
Daughter of woman who died at nursing facility last year says it is to blame for her death
LANCASTER – After a woman who was a resident of the Hamilton Arms Center skilled nursing facility for two months died in June of last year, her daughter alleges the facility is directly responsible for the events in question.
Pa. agency believes woman allegedly hit during police chase in Wilkes-Barre failed to state a claim
SCRANTON – A state financial agency is trying to refute allegations from a Wilkes-Barre woman who claimed she suffered grievous injuries when, as a pedestrian crossing the street in that city, she was struck by a car driven by a suspect who was fleeing arrest from officers of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.
Neighbors accused of having ill-constructed parking structure that caused flooding deny charges
PITTSBURGH – A Kilbuck Township couple accused of possessing an illegally-constructed parking area whose groundwater runoff flooded their next-door neighbors’ finished basement have denied liability for the events in question.
Woman contends hotel ballroom's table setup injured her during daughter's recital
PITTSBURGH – A woman injured in a Pittsburgh hotel ballroom while watching her daughter’s dance recital, insists that a negligent makeshift table setup used for the event was the proximate cause of her injuries.
Energy group and PennDOT deny liability for man's death, after tree fell on him in his car
PITTSBURGH – Both an energy company and the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation have denied liability in a lawsuit filed by the widow of a man who died last year, after a large tree fell on him in his vehicle.
West Mifflin homeowner wants U.S. Steel's objections to her pollution suit overruled
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania homeowner who alleged that U.S. Steel’s refinery plant in Braddock has generated pollutant byproducts that have affected the quality of life of area residents, is looking for the company’s preliminary objections sounding in private nuisance to be overruled.
Reading and police officer look to dismiss suit over alleged improper arrest of preacher
ALLENTOWN – The City of Reading and one of its police officers are seeking claims against them to be dismissed, in litigation brought by a Christian pastor against them, another local police officer and the Reading School District, after the pastor claimed his rights were violated through his being arrested during a demonstration held just outside Reading Senior High School this past January.
Group assisting disabled children wants building applications for residential facility approved
MEDIA – A nonprofit group which assists children with intellectual disabilities and a local developer is seeking to compel a pair of municipalities to approve two zoning applications, which would be used to construct a residential facility.