PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania insurance company is seeking nearly $360,000 in damages from the allegedly negligent manufacturers of a dehumidifier that caused a fire at the property of one of its policyholders.
PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River is the burden of the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority, according to Union Township.
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation – did not show he engaged in protected activity under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Act.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Richard Tracy against P. N. C. Bank N.A. on Dec. 16: 'Notice Of Removal From Allegheny County, Case Number Gd-20-011624 (filing Fee, Including Administrative Fee, $402, Receipt Number Apawdc-6165466), Filed By P.n.c. Bank, N.a.. (attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2) (cel)'.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Laura Mitchell Dendy against Geico on Dec. 15.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh ice skating rink denies that its alleged negligence was the proximate cause of a broken leg suffered by a six year-old child during a beginner ice skating class, as the child’s parents claim.
PITTSBURGH – Walmart counters that the circumstances behind a personal injury suit brought against it by a Pittsburgh couple were caused by those same plaintiffs, after the case was recently removed to federal court.
PITTSBURGH – A local Ace Hardware store denies that it is responsible for broken arm and leg injuries suffered by a Pittsburgh man, when he fell on an unevenly-positioned mat near its entrance doors last year.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh property owner and reporter who recorded footage of a violent protest after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and whose identity was later disclosed, disagrees with the Pittsburgh Police Department that state law precludes her lawsuit’s claims of liability against it.
PITTSBURGH – The City of Clairton is petitioning to send a lawsuit regarding its acquisition of the sewer system, brought by a Clairton municipal service provider and two borough citizens, to the local county court’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.
PITTSBURGH – The Community College of Allegheny County counters that a Pittsburgh woman is responsible for her own injuries, when she fell due to the presence of a gardening border which protruded from the ground along a sidewalk on its campus.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man alleges that a Pepsi employee collided into him while pushing a cart full of products in a Getgo supermarket in Pittsburgh, leading him to fall and become seriously injured.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County’s Health Department is looking to dismiss a complaint filed by a Pittsburgh restaurant which sued it for its allegedly unconstitutional enforcement of COVID-19 emergency orders and further stop it from being sent to bankruptcy court.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County’s Port Authority has sued a Bethel Park property owner, due to concrete debris falling from the premises off that property and striking one of its light rail vehicles.
PITTSBURGH – Litigation between an Allegheny County couple and the owners of a German Shepherd dog who allegedly became loose and attacked the wife-plaintiff, causing her serious injuries, has been settled.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has recused himself from a class action lawsuit from a pair of Pennsylvania residents against Chipotle Mexican Grill, which claimed that the chain restaurant fails to provide proper amounts of change to its customers in exchange for purchased food.
PITTSBURGH – A pair of Pittsburgh landlord-tenant neighbors allege that the City’s Water and Sewer Authority defectively designed and later failed to repair a deteriorating storm sewer culvert, which caused storm water runoff to flow into the plaintiffs’ residences.
HARRISBURG – In the wake of increasing cases statewide, Gov. Tom Wolf announced that he had tested positive for COVID-19, stating he is not symptomatic and quarantining at home after receiving his test result.
PITTSBURGH – According to two college students who faced threats to their safety through the social media app Snapchat, the popular tool was designed to protect perpetrators using it to harass innocent people.
