A former employee of Alpha Centurion Security has filed a class action complaint against the company over claims that the defendant is violating federal law by levying a large finance charge on workers who request an advance on their pay.
Update: A settlement deal has been reached between both parties, with sexual harassment allegations against Celeste Miller dismissed with prejudice, according to court records. Sprint Nextel Corp. had been dropped as a defendant in December 2013. Following six months of discovery, attorneys for plaintiff Greg Skala and lawyers for defendants Miller and Sprint/United Management Company negotiated a
A 92-year–old Montgomery County man who allegedly suffers from pulmonary asbestosis as a result of working with products containing the fiber years ago was one of two plaintiffs who filed mass tort asbestos claims in state court recently.
A former employee of the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority who claims he was fired from his job of less than a year because of his need to take medical leave due to a heart condition has filed a federal civil suit against the mass transit agency.
A 59-year-old man from western Pennsylvania who was diagnosed with mesothelioma this past spring has filed an asbestos mass tort claim in state court against various companies involved in the manufacture of products containing the fiber.
The mother of an adult woman who is bedridden due to cerebral palsy has filed a property damage lawsuit against telecommunications giant Verizon claiming a 13-year installation project at a property adjacent to the plaintiff’s daughter’s house has caused the woman’s home to shift and sink.
A former paralegal for an area law firm who was fired from her $57,000-a-year position just a little over a year after being hired by the company has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit, alleging her discharge was a result of disability discrimination.
A federal judge has denied a motion by a plaintiff in a police sexual assault case seeking to disqualify the attorney representing the police personnel defendants.
An Oklahoma woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by a fellow passenger while aboard a Greyhound bus heading from her home state to New York two years ago has filed a federal injury claim against the transit company.
The Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 2 affirmed a federal judge’s ruling that an anti-abortion protester arrested for failing to move to another spot within Independence National Historical Park five years ago cannot collect civil damages from two park rangers who the man claimed violated his rights when they detained him near the Liberty Bell.
The appeals panel ruling ends a fight by Delaware C
A Chester County, Pa. woman who claims her wearing of an Islamic head covering and her Muslim faith in general led to her eventual firing from Rite Aid Corp. has filed a federal job discrimination complaint against the company.
John E. Savoth officially took over as the newest chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association Tuesday, and outlined his upcoming plans for what is recognized as the oldest association of lawyers in America.
