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PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel has deemed class action litigation from a Western Pennsylvania homeowner, which alleged its refinery plant in Braddock has generated pollutant byproducts which have affected the quality of life of area residents, as “at most, a claim for private nuisance.”
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PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s litigation against U.S. Steel for extensive air pollution violations at its facility in Braddock saw the filing of a proposed consent decree the same day, which would see the company pay $1.5 million and remediate conditions at the plant.
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PITTSBURGH — A woman alleges she found maggots in her drink at a Wendy's restaurant in Plum.
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PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River has settled litigation with the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority and other entities.
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PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River is the burden of the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority, according to Union Township.
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PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation – did not show he engaged in protected activity under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Act.
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PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County’s Health Department is looking to dismiss a complaint filed by a Pittsburgh restaurant which sued it for its allegedly unconstitutional enforcement of COVID-19 emergency orders and further stop it from being sent to bankruptcy court.
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PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that Pennsylvania’s at-will employment status bars the violation of public policy claim brought by a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation.
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PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh restaurant that sued Allegheny County and its Health Department for its enforcement of the emergency orders associated with the coronavirus pandemic, arguing it has been damaged by the allegedly-unconstitutional decrees, is asking for the federal action to be sent to bankruptcy court.
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PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh restaurant has sued Allegheny County and its Health Department for its enforcement of the emergency orders associated with the coronavirus pandemic, arguing it has been damaged by the allegedly-unconstitutional decrees.
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PITTSBURGH – A Boston-based apartment management company has been dismissed from a suit brought by a Pittsburgh woman, who claimed several real estate entities harmed her health by failing to remediate toxic and hazardous mold from her residence.
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PITTSBURGH – Plaintiffs in an action surrounding a Pittsburgh man’s permanent, parasite-related eye damage on a whitewater rapids ride have accused the defendants of failing to provide necessary information near the eve of trial.
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PITTSBURGH – Much like West Elizabeth Borough, Union Township argues it is not liable for the termination of a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River.
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PITTSBURGH – West Elizabeth Borough argues that since it was not the employer of a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River, that it cannot be held responsible for his firing.
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PITTSBURGH – A nursing home administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities says he was fired in retaliation for his actions.
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PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman states a number of real estate defendants failed to repair and maintain her apartment to avoid the spread of toxic and hazardous mold, thereby causing her personal health at risk and her to lose many of her possessions.
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PITTSBURGH – A West Elizabeth man says he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to follow a directive that he alleges would have resulted in raw sewage being illegally dumped into the Monongahela River.
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PITTSBURGH – A western Pennsylvania theme park that argued in a motion for summary judgment that its whitewater rapids ride cannot be the cause of a Pittsburgh man’s permanent, parasite-related eye damage has had that motion denied.
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PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel recently settled a class action lawsuit alleging pollution from its Clairton Coke Works plant caused nearby residents to become sick and diminished the property value of their homes.
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PITTSBURGH – A whitewater rapids ride cannot be the cause of eye damage suffered by a man due to a parasite in unclean water that splashed into his face, says a western Pennsylvania theme park in its motion for summary judgment.
