ALLENTOWN – The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s vaccine mandate has come under fire from a group of its current and former employees, who believe that forcible disclosure of their vaccination status violates their constitutional rights.
ALLENTOWN – A religious order who alleged its rights to practice its faith were being infringed through construction of a natural gas pipeline and lost in federal court for lack of jurisdiction, have appealed their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has dismissed with prejudice a lawsuit from a religious order which alleged their rights to practice their faith were being infringed through construction of a natural gas pipeline, for lack of jurisdiction.
ALLENTOWN – An associate at a New Jersey Walmart store alleges he suffered severe head injuries from the use of a Rocket Cart, a device used to move merchandise and stock shelves.
PHILADELPHIA — A man whose car was previously reported stolen and then recovered alleges Whitehall Township police officers used excessive force against him during a traffic stop. Amgad Ahmed filed a complaint Sept. 3 in the U.S.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the Bethlehem Area School District brought by the parents of a six-year-old child, who the suit claims was repeatedly bullied and sexually assaulted on the school bus and the district didn’t prevent the abuse.
ALLENTOWN – A federal court lawsuit which alleged that the Salisbury Township School District denied two minor students equal access to its public schools has been settled.
ALLENTOWN – The brother of an Italian woman who died after falling down the stairs of a house rented through Airbnb, has reached a preliminary settlement for wrongful death claims with the property owner for $435,000.
SCRANTON – A Monroe County resort is seeking to deny legal anonymity to a graphic designer who alleged she endured years of sexual harassment at the hands of her supervisor while working there.
ALLENTOWN – An office manager of Hispanic origin has reiterated allegations that she and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against by a Philadelphia law firm because of their ethnic background and when she spoke out against the unfair treatment, she was fired.
ALLENTOWN – A New Jersey woman who suffered a broken elbow in the parking lot of a Lancaster County mountain retreat and alleged that the facility’s negligence in its maintenance and upkeep was responsible for the incident, has settled her claims with the retreat.
ALLENTOWN – Salisbury Township School District and its superintendent argue that a lawsuit alleging they denied two minor students equal access to its public schools contains nothing more than “vague and conclusory statements” to support claims that they violated federal law.
ALLENTOWN – The parent of an autistic seven-year-old child has voluntarily dismissed claims levied against the Walt Disney Company, alleging it discriminated against the boy’s disability, when it refused to permit him entry to the Lehigh Valley Mall’s Disney Store.
ALLENTOWN – A Philadelphia law firm denies that it discriminated against and fired a former officer manager of Hispanic origin because of her ethnic background, instead countering that the plaintiff was fired for just cause.
Effective July 1, 2021, Attorney Kathleen Quinn DePillis will be advanced to Principal status of the Law Firm, Hourigan, Kluger & Quinn. DePillis will join seven other Personal Injury Attorneys and nine Business Law Attorneys in Principal stature.
ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster and two of its police officers deny that they illegally assaulted battered and tased a Lancaster man with deadly force and without justification two years ago, and are seeking to strike a myriad of portions from the complaint.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has ruled that the Walt Disney Company must face claims from the parent of an autistic seven-year-old child, alleging that it discriminated against the boy’s disability, when it refused to permit him entry to the Lehigh Valley Mall’s Disney Store.
SCRANTON – A graphic designer at a Monroe County resort claims she endured years of sexual harassment at the hands of her supervisor, which has resulted in her being unable to properly do her job.
ALLENTOWN – A lawsuit accusing a chain of other companies and individuals of conspiring to provide them with inauthentic equipment and violating the Racketeer Influenced Corrupt Organization (RICO) Act may be dismissed if complete and proper service is not made to all defendants, the Court says.
ALLENTOWN – A class action lawsuit against the makers of Purina pet food which said odors from their Allentown processing plant have negatively impacted the lives of those who live in the vicinity, and whose settlement had been preliminarily approved, has received objections from two class plaintiffs.
