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Sesame Place Philadelphia wants judgment in lawsuit alleging discrimination against Black children
PHILADELPHIA – SeaWorld’s Sesame Place Philadelphia is seeking a dismissal through summary judgment, in litigation which charged that employees of the park discriminated against the plaintiff’s daughter, a Black child, during a meet-and-greet session with some costumed characters.
Home inspection group avails itself of liability for property buyers' mold exposure injuries
PITTSBURGH – A home inspection company has refuted claims liability that it was responsible for mold exposure injuries that a pair of New Kensington home buyers sustained, after they purchased the property in question from their co-defendants.
Marple Township seeks dismissal of case brought after man killed by passing vehicle
PHILADELPHIA – Marple Township and several of its police officers look to dismiss unnecessary and unserved parties and what it calls improper relief, in civil rights litigation brought by the estate of a man left at a bus stop while in an intoxicated state by Township police officers, and who was then killed by a passing vehicle shortly thereafter two years ago.
Philly police officers say civil rights claims of plaintiffs whose home they searched for former occupant are invalid
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the Philadelphia Police Department have rejected allegations that officers violated a pair of homeowners’ civil rights during an arrest warrant-related search for the former occupant of their home, referring to them as insufficient.
N.Y. man sues, alleging fall on abandoned sidewalk scooter in Pittsburgh fractured his collarbone
PITTSBURGH – A New York man says he fractured his collarbone after falling on an abandoned Spin-brand scooter on a Pittsburgh sidewalk, and has sued a host of corporate defendants to recoup damages for the injuries he says he sustained in the process.
Olyphant family with 'F— THE GOVERNMENT' sign files free speech lawsuit
SCRANTON – An Olyphant family alleges their rights to free speech and expression are being infringed upon by their borough and its zoning official, who had taken exception to a sign posted outside their home which read “F— THE GOVERNMENT.”
AMC Movie Theatres avails itself of liability for Schuylkill County woman's fall injuries
SCRANTON – AMC Movie Theatres has denied the claims of a Schuylkill County couple, who alleged that the wife-plaintiff suffered a broken right foot and other injuries, as a result of falling on an obscured hazard in one of its theaters more than two years ago.
Trader Joe's and enchilada manufacturer deny responsibility for woman's ingestion of glass
PITTSBURGH – Both Trader Joe’s and the manufacturer of a frozen enchilada have denied liability for injuries a local woman alleged she suffered, when she ingested glass shards while eating one of those enchiladas she purchased from her local Trader Joe’s grocery store.
Dispute over claims made by former inmate at Montgomery County Correctional Facility
PHILADELPHIA – A man incarcerated at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility last year says that his civil rights were violated during his stay, while the defendants counter that the plaintiff has failed to properly plead his claims.
Former Penn State majorette says she faced harassment from her coach, and school did not stop it
WILLIAMSPORT – A former majorette at Penn State University claims she was subject to unrelenting sexual and gender harassment from her coach during her four-year tenure in the school’s band, and that school officials did nothing to stop the coach’s behavior.
After person jumps from chairlift, his parents sue ski resort
PITTSBURGH – The parents of a young man injured at a ski resort when he dropped to the ground to escape a non-functioning chairlift, have sued the resort for the injuries he sustained as a result.
Allegheny County officials deny liability for death of inmate from COVID-19 in 2021
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County and the warden of its jail have denied responsibility for the COVID-19-related death of a man who had been incarcerated there two years ago.
Saltz Mongeluzzi will face lawsuit from paralegal over vax status disclosure
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ruled that a prominent Philadelphia plaintiffs’ law firm will face litigation from one of its former paralegals, who alleged the firm disclosed her COVID-19 vaccination status to a legal news publication in violation of the confidentiality provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
Case alleging Starbucks coffee scalded plaintiff removed to federal court
PHILADELPHIA – After a Northeastern Pennsylvania man claimed in state court that he received first and second-degree burns from Starbucks coffee which spilled onto his lap, one of the defendants named in the action has removed the case to federal court.
Man's death in Comfort Inn pool leads to wrongful death lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – The mother of a man who died as a result of drowning in the pool of a Comfort Inn hotel in Pittsburgh earlier this year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit in his name.
Out-of-control Port-O-Potty struck plaintiff, lawsuit continues to insist
MEDIA – A Delaware County woman holds onto claims she was struck by a Port-O-Potty while it was being moved and received serious injuries, allegedly due to the negligence of the backhoe operator tasked with moving the object – and has refuted one of the defendants’ denial of liability and a related cross-claim.
Delco woman reiterates that roofing company caused $77K in fire damages to her home
MEDIA – A Delaware County woman has reiterated claims that while performing its services, a roofing company set fire to her home and caused more than $77,000 in damages to her residence.
City of Philadelphia settles case connected to death of bystander to high-speed vehicle police chase
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation connected to the death of an innocent bystander to a high-speed vehicle chase leveled against the City of Philadelphia and two of its police officials has been settled.
Altoona couple contend UPMC missed wife's diagnosis, caused her to contract thyroid cancer
PITTSBURGH – An Altoona couple have held to their claims that doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center failed to follow up on the wife-plaintiff’s initial diagnosis of adenopathy, which she says led her to develop late-stage thyroid cancer.
Suit against elder care facility and Delaware County over death of resident from COVID-19, is settled
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County and a local senior care facility have confidentially settled a wrongful death claim in a lawsuit filed by the surviving children of a man who died from COVID-19 while under the facility’s care.