ALLENTOWN – Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police have categorically denied allegations from a female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department, that, over a five-year period, the Chief of Police targeted her for sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse, creating what she called a “hostile, toxic and intolerable work environment” that led to her resignation.
ALLENTOWN – A female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department has alleged that over a five-year period, the Chief of Police targeted her for sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse, creating what she calls a “hostile, toxic and intolerable work environment” which led to her resignation.
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.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Strike 3 Holdings, LLC against John Doe Subscriber Assigned Ip Address 73. 30. 31. 105 on Feb. 9.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Don E. Henery against Waste Management on Jan. 5.
SCRANTON – A federal judge may grant a final dismissed to a lawsuit from a former member of the Scranton Police Department who claimed her confidential personnel file and personal contact information were leaked without her knowledge as part of discovery in an unrelated case.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania teenager’s lawsuit against Facebook and Instagram that holds the social media apps responsible for the development of her eating disorder and related self-harm, has been transferred to a federal court in California.
PHILADELPHIA – For the second time, social media app TikTok is requesting a stay of survival and wrongful death litigation brought against it by the mother of a 10-year-old child who died in December due to attempting a “Blackout Challenge”.
PITTSBURGH – A California man who claimed that he was defrauded of $90,000 he paid to an Israeli lawyer and jewelry company founder, under the pretense that they were to form a professional and potentially romantic partnership, has been granted a default judgment of $190,000.
PHILADELPHIA — A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) officer is being accused of assaulting protestors at a protest following the death of George Floyd.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has approved one officer’s attempt to be dismissed from litigation brought by a Pitcairn business owner who claimed she was targeted for racial discrimination, harassment, code violations and false prosecution by local authorities after publicly criticizing the police’s perceived use of violence on Black citizens on social media.
PITTSBURGH – A California man claims that he was defrauded of $90,000 he paid to an Israeli lawyer and jewelry company founder, under the pretense that they were to form a professional and potentially romantic partnership.
PHILADELPHIA – Facebook continues to seek dismissal of a local television news anchor’s litigation against the social media website for an alleged improper use of her image in a Philadelphia federal court, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated it last fall.
PHILADELPHIA – The mother of a 10-year-old child who died in December as a result of attempting a “Blackout Challenge” she saw on social media app TikTok, has filed a civil suit against the company for survival and wrongful death in her late daughter’s name.
PHILADELPHIA – A florist who brought a defamation suit in response to poor reviews of his business and business practices which were posted on Facebook, now seeks to serve the social media platform with a third-party subpoena as a part of his case.
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh School District and its entire Board of Education have defended the firing of a former veteran teacher, arguing that her posting of a right-wing article on her personal Facebook page accompanied by racist language was an offense punishable by termination.
HARRISBURG – More than three dozen comic creators have countered a Pennsylvania publisher’s dismissal motion towards their class action claims, suggesting that jurisdiction is correct on the federal court level given the large amount in collective damages they are seeking.
PHILADELPHIA – A local television news anchor’s litigation against a series of social media entities for an alleged improper use of her image across the Internet is now back in a Philadelphia federal court, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit reinstated it last fall.
