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Several defendants dismissed from suit between service dogs nonprofit and Rostraver Township
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has pointed to a lack of jurisdiction for his dismissal of several defendants from litigation surrounding a municipal feud, over property a nonprofit group purchased to help provide military veterans with service dogs. -
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. -
Towing company wants civil rights lawsuit thrown out
PITTSBURGH – A local man alleges his vehicle was impounded by Pittsburgh authorities and a towing company without allowing him a hearing before an impartial officer on the matter, thereby violating his due process rights under the U.S. Constitution, while the company has motioned for the suit to be dismissed. -
Defendants argue child's parents weren't supervising him, leading to injuries outside Holiday Inn
PITTSBURGH – Two defendants named in a Michigan family’s lawsuit alleging that an improperly placed duck crossing sign outside a Pittsburgh-area Holiday Inn hotel was the cause of injuries they sustained, have denied such liability and issued cross-claims and counterclaims against the plaintiffs. -
Plaintiff pinned against BP gasoline pump didn't join necessary parties, defense argues
PITTSBURGH – One defendant named in a federal court 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, insists the suit should be dismissed, due to the plaintiff’s failure to join necessary parties to the case. -
Allegheny County looking to dismiss suit from corrections officer who claimed she was fired for refusing COVID vax
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County is seeking to dismiss litigation from a veteran corrections officer who alleged she was fired for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, a treatment she wouldn’t consent to because she believes it violates her sincerely-held religious beliefs. -
McKeesport, officials looking to dismiss conspiracy charges from bus company's second suit
PITTSBURGH – The City of McKeesport, its mayor and city administrator are attempting to dismiss a charge of civil conspiracy levied against them by a school bus transportation company, who alleged they, the McKeesport Area School District and other officials collectively acted to remove the company from an agreement to provide the District with busing as an act of political retaliation. -
Allegheny County says it was following the rules when rejecting religious reasons for COVID vax refusal
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County insists that it did not violate its own Home Rule Charter and Administrative Code and that it is immune from a count of negligent infliction of emotional distress, in a lawsuit over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate allegedly violating a plaintiff’s religious objections. -
24-year-old man who made false arrest claims against Aliquippa police settles case
PITTSBURGH – A 24-year-old Western Pennsylvania man who claimed that members of the Aliquippa Police Department unlawfully arrested him, assaulted him while he was in custody and filed false affidavits to justify the arrest after the fact, has reached a settlement with the department and the officers in question. -
Woman loses lawsuit against Pittsburgh and police officer she says arrested her for not supporting Trump
PITTSBURGH – One Pittsburgh police officer successfully defended himself from a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump. -
Judge: Greensburg Diocese will not receive bifurcated discovery, in gay former teacher's discrimination case
PITTSBURGH – The Diocese of Greensburg has lost out on its attempt to bifurcate the discovery process, in a lawsuit spurred by its decision to fire a sixth-grade teacher from Aquinas Academy after learning of his same-sex marriage – where it argued that to employ him would be contrary to Catholic values and an infringement upon its rights to religious freedom under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Man says his smoking materials didn't cause fire, still blames iPhone
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who accused Apple and Verizon of committing negligence and product liability defects, when an iPhone 6s Plus smartphone allegedly exploded and seriously injured him – has rejected the defense’s summary judgment motion, which instead placed the cause of the plaintiff’s injuries and related fire on his improperly-discarded smoking materials. -
German restaurant denies it discriminated against gay and disabled ex-employee
PITTSBURGH – A German restaurant in Pittsburgh has denied liability in a discrimination lawsuit from a former employee, who accused it of discriminating against him for his homosexuality and disability, and later firing him without cause. -
W.Va. group denies liability in wrongful death suit over to fatal ATV accident
PITTSBURGH – A West Virginia resort has denied liability in a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the survivor of a fatal ATV accident in that state, while its co-defendant, a Kentucky retailer of such vehicles, had been dismissed from the case. -
Former Allegheny County employee reiterates executive violated the law by instituting COVID-19 vaccine mandate
PITTSBURGH – A local man maintains that an Allegheny County official exceeded the bounds of his authority when he instituted a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all county employees in the summer of 2021, in violation of his religious objections and exemption. -
One officer dismissed from suit of Pittsburgh woman alleging arrest because she didn't support Trump
PITTSBURGH – Just prior to trial, one Pittsburgh police officer has been dismissed from a lawsuit brought by a woman who alleged she was unlawfully arrested because she didn’t support former President Donald Trump. -
Greensburg Diocese says employing teacher in same-sex marriage would contradict Catholic doctrine
PITTSBURGH – The Diocese of Greensburg stands by its decision to fire a sixth-grade teacher from Aquinas Academy after learning of his same-sex marriage, arguing that to do otherwise would be contrary to Catholic values and an infringement upon its rights to religious freedom under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. -
Class action suit over motorcycle anti-theft system once again facing dismissal motion
PITTSBURGH – A motorcycle manufacturer is once again attempting to dismiss a class action suit claiming it did not include an advertised anti-theft system on its products. -
Judge turns down GOP intervenor in suit over undated mail-in ballots during 2022 Midterm Elections
ERIE – A federal judge has turned away an intervening Republican attempt to dismiss litigation brought by six voters’ rights groups against Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt and all of the county boards of election statewide, in order to compel officials to accept undated mail-in ballots and “not disenfranchise voters based on an immaterial paperwork error.” -
Couple who sued ladder manufacturer and Amazon after wife fell during insurance estimate settle case
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple who sued Amazon and the manufacturer of a ladder they claimed was defective, after the wife-plaintiff fell from the ladder while conducting an insurance estimate at a home in Erie, have tentatively settled their claims after mediation.