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Judge awards Philly woman $25K after landlord deemed negligent in sidewalk fall
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman has been awarded $25,000 in damages, after a judge found that a property owner was negligent in allowing a drain hole and pipe to be exposed on his sidewalk and causing the plaintiff to be seriously injured. -
Counsel for Cablenet Services may be allowed to withdraw from pending negligence action at future hearing
PHILADELPHIA – A rule returnable meeting has been scheduled for mid-May to determine if counsel for Cablenet Services will be allowed to withdraw their appearance, in the case of a plaintiff said to be injured by alleged negligently-maintained cable wires in Philadelphia’s Old City neighborhood. -
SEPTA worker's on-the-job-injury claim heads to settlement conference
PHILADELPHIA – A settlement conference has been scheduled in the case of a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority conductor suing the agency for violation of the Federal Employers Liability Act and Federal Locomotive Inspection Act, alleging a malfunctioning trap caused her to suffer serious shoulder, spine and leg injuries. -
Norfolk Southern Railway claims Georgia man's lawsuit has no place in Philly court
PHILADELPHIA – Norfolk Southern Railway Company says a lawsuit filed against it by a former flagman, conductor and engineer, one which accuses it of negligence under the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) in providing an unsafe work environment and causing the plaintiff to contract colon, prostate and throat cancer, lacks appropriate jurisdiction. -
SEPTA settles with siding company worker said to suffer spinal injuries when lifting generator
PHILADELPHIA – A settlement has been reached in the case of a Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) employee who claimed being required to lift an unsafe generator on the job caused him to suffer both herniated discs and spinal injuries. -
Chinese company added to lawsuit filed by plaintiff allegedly shocked by Toastmaster coffee pot
PHILADELPHIA – One of the manufacturers and retail defendants in a case involving a plaintiff who claimed to receive an electric shock from a Toastmaster coffee pot, has filed a joinder complaint to add another company to the brew. -
Woman who alleges her head was caught in SEPTA train door sees case head to arbitration
PHILADELPHIA – An arbitration hearing has been rescheduled in the action brought by a passenger whose head and neck were trapped in the doors of an elevated line train last year versus the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). -
Settlement reached for plaintiff who allegedly sustained spinal injuries outside Coca Cola plant
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff who claimed the broken sidewalk of a Coca Cola beverage production center in Philadelphia led to his fall and subsequent severe head and spinal injuries settled his lawsuit -
Man allegedly disfigured by moulding machine now involved in second litigation against equipment companies
PHILADELPHIA – A man who claimed to have been permanently blinded and catastrophically injured by a faulty moulding machine at a local lumber facility, withdrew his initial litigation he filed against the manufacturers of the device, in the wake of a second suit currently pending. -
Philadelphia jury levies $120M verdict on pelvic mesh manufacturers Johnson & Johnson, Ethicon
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia jury has handed down a $120 million verdict in favor of a plaintiff who claimed she suffered pain, incontinence and an inability to have sexual intercourse with her husband, after being implanted with a pelvic mesh manufactured by Johnson & Johnson and its subsidiary, Ethicon, Inc. -
Health care group pleased Pennsylvania slowed down effort to erase medical malpractice litigation reform
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania hospitals association is glad that a rulemaking process that would have overturned reforms implemented early this century has slowed. -
Temp who sued Estee Lauder after alleged maiming will see her case head to a Philly federal courtroom this summer
PHILADELPHIA – A temp worker who claimed to have been maimed by a faulty paper cushioning machine in the shipping facility where she worked is scheduled to stand across the courtroom from Estee Lauder cosmetics in federal court this summer. -
Pipefitter's injury litigation against NJ Transit about to reach a jury
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a New Jersey Transit train pipefitter who charged his employer with violating the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA) when it allegedly permitted conditions which gave him severe shoulder injuries will be heard in a Philadelphia courtroom next month. -
Johnson & Johnson and Ethicon prevail over plaintiff who claimed product-related injuries in pelvic mesh trial
PHILADELPHIA – After five years of litigation, a Philadelphia jury recently found in favor of Johnson & Johnson, one of its subsidiaries and partner companies, who were accused of manufacturing a pelvic mesh product that a plaintiff claimed caused her to suffer incontinence and other injuries. -
Reeders man alleges injuries caused by failing hydraulics on Rampant Trailer equipment
PHILADELPHIA – A Reeders man has filed suit against a North Carolina company over allegations the hydraulics on its trailer failed and caused two fractured ribs and other injuries. -
Man allegedly burned by Wawa coffee cup drops his lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – According to court records, a Philadelphia man who sued Wawa for negligence after having been burned by its coffee products voluntarily discontinued his case. -
Assistant who claimed his former pharma employer racially discriminated against him settles case
PHILADELPHIA – An executive assistant for a pharmaceutical company in Philadelphia who claimed he was unlawfully terminated after meeting with its human resources department to report discriminatory employment practices settled his case against his former employer. -
North Philly accident case brought by Texas man against Philly construction company defendants is settled
PHILADELPHIA – A Texas man has settled his case with a local construction firm and two of its employees, whom he claimed were negligent in causing a motor vehicle accident in North Philadelphia that left him with a number of serious injuries. -
Philly law firm collects over $100K in legal fees from coffee company client
PHILADELPHIA – Law firm Blank Rome was awarded ore than $100,000 in allegedly unpaid legal fees from a Bryn Mawr coffee company, one that it says breached a settlement agreement and initially refused to reconcile it. -
Exclusion of medical expert's testimony warrants new damages phase in slip-and-fall trial against Residence Inn
HARRISBURG – A denial of a man’s damages judgment was reversed in the Superior Court of Pennsylvania on April 9.