PITTSBURGH – The City of Clairton has filed preliminary objections to a lawsuit brought by a Clairton municipal service provider and two borough citizens regarding its acquisition of the sewer system, alleging its claims have been insufficiently pled.
PITTSBURGH – The manufacturer of the social media app Snapchat says a lawsuit brought against it by two college students who received personal threats to their safety should be removed to federal court, for jurisdictional and monetary reasons.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for the president of a Pittsburgh distillery has filed preliminary objections in a secondary cross-complaint, one related to another case it filed against one of its former executives over access to the company’s Facebook page and website.
PITTSBURGH – OnStar is filing to remove to federal court a case brought by an 87-year-old Western Pennsylvania man with a heart condition who claimed he was detained by police on suspicion of being a car thief, because the OnStar system in his vehicle erroneously reported it to law enforcement authorities as stolen.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Park Building Ltd. against Beauty Express Salons Inc. on Jan. 8.
PITTSBURGH – Due to a federal judge’s ruling on Tuesday, the state senator for Pennsylvania’s 45th District comprising parts of both Allegheny and Westmoreland counties will in fact be Democratic incumbent Jim Brewster.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a motion to remand a class action lawsuit to state court, one brought by a Pittsburgh man who alleged Walmart unlawfully overcharges its customers taxes on the sale of dietary products.
PITTSBURGH – Through mutual agreement of all parties concerned, damages in the case of a deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone have been capped at $75,000, thereby preventing the case’s removal to federal court.
PITTSBURGH – An Allison Park woman has brought legal action against a variety of nursing care facilities and other parties, contending that their collective negligence led to the death of an elderly man.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh plaintiff alleges her broken right ankle was the result of her spin class facility’s negligence in failing to provide spin bicycle shoes with clips.
PITTSBURGH – An Alabama couple claim a Western Pennsylvania service station negligently closed a garage door on the head of the wife-plaintiff, causing her to suffer both a traumatic brain injury and others.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who suffered a broken arm and leg injuries at a local Ace Hardware store when he fell on an unevenly positioned mat near its entrance doors in 2019, argues that the store’s answer to his suit is insufficient.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh care facility denies it wrongfully terminated a certified nursing assistant who claims she was exposed to COVID-19 and requested to quarantine for 14 days but was instead fired.
PITTSBURGH – Punitive damages may be off the table for a lawsuit brought by an Allegheny County man who said his young daughter suffered a head injury and facial scarring after she hit her head on the sharp, angular edge of a restroom’s free-standing sink at Bed Bath & Beyond.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Richard J. Peltz against State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company on Jan. 4.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman says she suffered a serious ankle injury at a Walmart location in Moon Township, when she was caused to fall upon a large rug in the store entryway.
PITTSBURGH – Black & Decker has disclaimed all liability for allegedly being the cause of amputation injuries suffered by a woodworker from Northwestern Pennsylvania while using what he referred to as defective electric tools.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has remanded the racial discrimination case of a former doctoral candidate at the University of Pittsburgh to state court, explaining that the action’s removal to federal court by the plaintiff was improper.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman says official entities from the City of Pittsburgh were negligent in not repairing a section of sidewalk leading to a common mailbox area near her residence, causing her to fall and become seriously injured.