MEDIA – A Clifton Heights woman is suing a Springfield funeral home over allegations that her son was cremated before she had the opportunity to see him one last time.
The following cases categorized as "870 tax suits: taxes" cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 5. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PHILADELPHIA – A trial attorney alleges in a federal lawsuit that local law firm White and Williams LLP harassed and discriminated against her because she is an African-American woman
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has transferred numerous litigations from U.S. military veterans who claimed 3M’s Combat-Arms Earplugs were the cause of their hearing damage and deafness to a Florida federal court.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Trustees of the United Food & Commercial Workers Union and Participating Food Industry Employers Tristate Pension Fund against Estate of John E. Watson and Darlene Watson on June 3:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by United States of America and Matthew Muller against James A. Bell and Jennifer C. Bell on June 5: 'Complaint To Enforce Irs Summons, Filed By United States Of America, Matthew Muller.(jwl, )'
The following personal injury-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 29. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Michele Bellito-Stanford and Rodney Stanford against Ethicon Inc., Ethicon's Women's Health And Urology, Gynecare and Johnson & Johnson on April 29.
PHILADELPHIA – An arbitration hearing has been rescheduled in the action brought by a passenger whose head and neck were trapped in the doors of an elevated line train last year versus the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
PITTSBURGH – An Irwin construction company alleges it was financially harmed by a police chief's comments in a newspaper regarding hail damage companies.
PITTSBURGH —A student is suing his school, alleging that he was suspended from school when he refused to take a urine test under suspicion of being on drugs.
PHILADELPHIA – Per judicial order, the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) is required to produce any reports concerning exposure to Lyme Disease and Bell’s Palsy on the job, in connection with a flagman’s lawsuit who alleges he contracted both diseases in the course of his work.
PHILADELPHIA – Minnesota-based 3M finds itself the target of litigation from U.S. military veterans nationwide, who claim the company’s Combat-Arms Earplugs, worn by troops from 2003-2015, were the proximate cause of hearing damage and deafness to countless military service members.
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a contractor who suffered an electric shock renovating a break room in Home Depot will not be expedited on a faster case management track, according to the decision of a state judge.
Seven appeals and plenty of in-fighting have Pennsylvania counties behind schedule in their quest to hold dozens of companies liable for the nation's painkiller crisis
