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Former high school football coach stands by defamation claims against Pine-Richland School District
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man who served as a high school football head coach for eight years stands by assertions that he was defamed by school district officials with false claims that he permitted hazing and bullying in the football program. -
Reading Recreation Commission denies responsibility for ex-employee's sexual abuse of 11-year-old girl
ALLENTOWN – The Reading Recreation Commission seeks to dismiss litigation that one of its former employees committed repeated acts of sexual abuse against a then-11-year-old girl, and that it both failed to stop the abuse from happening and violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights. -
Pa. Supreme Court says that 1967 venue rules pertaining to defamation suits hold up, even in the Internet age
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has unanimously ruled that venue standards for defamation established more than half a century ago continue to hold up, despite the quantum leaps of technological change which have taken place during that time. -
Suit: Reading Recreation Commission failed to stop employee's sexual abuse against 11-year-old girl
ALLENTOWN – A federal lawsuit alleges that a now-incarcerated ex-employee of the Reading Recreation Commission committed multiple acts of sexual abuse and molestation against a then-11-year-old girl, and that the organization both failed to stop the abuse from happening and violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights. -
Class action litigation over sales tax on COVID-19 face masks thrown out of court
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has dismissed a class action lawsuit which claimed a wide variety of retailers have been unlawfully charging sales tax on the purchases of face masks during the coronavirus pandemic. -
Pine-Richland School District says there is no truth to defamation claims from former high school football coach
PITTSBURGH – Pine-Richland School District and three of its officials deny that they defamed its now former high school football head coach with false claims that he condoned hazing and bullying in the school’s football program. -
Valley Forge Military Academy denies that it racially discriminated against Black cadets at its institution
PHILADELPHIA – Valley Forge Military Academy & College denies a lawsuit’s allegations that it engaged in racial discrimination towards one of its cadets or that it disciplined Black cadets more severely than others at the institution. -
Judge dismisses lawsuit against Springfield School District for now, brought after son's suicide due to bullying
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed without prejudice litigation from the parents of a Springfield High School senior student who committed suicide last year, a lawsuit which alleged that both the district and school personnel’s failure to notify them of the bullying their son endured, prevented them from being able to stop his untimely death. -
Pa. media company settles contractual claims with former on-air personality now working for a different employer
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania media company has settled claims that one of its former on-air personalities accepted a job with a competitor in the same market, thus violating the no-compete terms of an employment agreement she signed seven years ago. -
Media company says age and gender were not factors in termination of former marketing director
PHILADELPHIA – A local media company denies allegations it unjustly terminated its former promotions and marketing director on the basis of her age and gender. -
Third Circuit revives FOX 29 news anchor's improper image use case against Facebook, citing state IP law
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reinstated litigation from a local television news anchor who sued a series of social media entities for an alleged improper use of her image across the Internet, overcoming a federal law which usually prevents lawsuits against third-party providers of online content due to the case focusing on intellectual property rights. -
Case of college students allegedly threatened through Snapchat sent to California federal court
PITTSBURGH – Litigation from two college students who say that social media app Snapchat was designed to protect perpetrators using it to harass innocent people will now be heard in a California federal court. -
Judge denies move from Celebrity Boxing Entertainment to dismiss defamation lawsuit from ring announcer
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied an attempt from Celebrity Boxing Entertainment to dismiss litigation from a local television host who was initially selected to be the ring announcer for a scheduled bout between Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter and alleged she was removed from that post by the event promoter and defamed, supposedly after she declined his sexual advances. -
Springfield School District disavows liability for notifying student's parents of bullying he faced, before committing suicide
PHILADELPHIA – Springfield School District and three of its officials have denied that a lawsuit claiming they failed to notify a student’s parents that he was being bullied before he later committed suicide last year has any factual basis. -
Federal case which alleged discrimination against Black applicants of Vesper Dayclub is settled
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman’s lawsuit which accused the Vesper Dayclub in Northern Liberties of discriminating through its membership application process against prospective Black members has been settled. -
Ex-high school football head coach alleges he lost job over claims he permitted hazing
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man who served as a high school football head coach for eight years alleges that his contract was not renewed and that he was then defamed by District officials with false claims that he permitted hazing and bullying in the football program. -
Lawsuit: Black cadet at Valley Forge Military Academy discriminated against with severe penalties for incident he wasn't involved in
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman alleges that her son, a cadet at Valley Forge Military Academy & College, was racially discriminated against during his tenure, and that Black cadets were disciplined more severely at the school than others. -
Age, gender discrimination responsible for promotions and marketing director's termination, suit says
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County woman who worked as a promotions and marketing director for a local media company claims that she was unjustly terminated from her role, on the basis of her age and gender. -
Spurned ring announcer for Lamar Odom-Aaron Carter fight sues celebrity boxing group
PHILADELPHIA – A local television host who was initially selected to be the ring announcer for a celebrity boxing match between Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter says she was removed from that post by the event promoter and defamed, allegedly after she declined his sexual advances. -
Gateway Grill settles case with ex-server accused of defaming the restaurant on Facebook
PITTSBURGH – A mutual consent order of permanent injunction has ended defamation litigation from a Pittsburgh restaurant against one of its former servers, who had accused the business of multiple forms of wrongdoing on social media and elsewhere.