PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied an attempt from the Environmental Protection Agency to dismiss a lawsuit brought by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network, over the implementation of a specific tenet of the Clean Water Act.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge’s ruling has altered the terms by which negligence can be pled in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a child who alleged medical malpractice in requiring their son to have emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles, but has also denied some of the case’s medical defendants the chance to escape punitive damages.
PHILADELPHIA – In a lawsuit brought by the parents of a child who alleged medical malpractice in requiring their son to have emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles, hospital defendants say a negligence claim wasn’t properly pled.
PHILADELPHIA – A urologist and a urology practice are arguing they should not face the possibility of punitive damages in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a child who alleged failed treatment required their son to have emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles.
PHILADELPHIA – Hospital and doctoral defendants have said they should not face the possibility of punitive damages in a lawsuit brought by the parents of a child who alleged failed treatment required their son to have emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles.
PHILADELPHIA – A company that manages residential mortgage investment funds has agreed to mutually end litigation against a rival company and an ex-employee for allegedly misusing the company’s trade secrets and confidential information.
PHILADELPHIA – The Allegheny County Employees' Retirement System alleges it was damaged by falling stock prices because of Energy Transfer's alleged wrongful acts regarding the Mariner East pipeline project.
PHILADELPHIA – The former executive director of a Delaware County activist group who filed suit against the group and claiming age discrimination and other allegations has seen her case dismissed.
Recently in the news are cases alleging criminal conspiracies to influence admissions decisions at major universities in the United States. This college admissions scandal is colloquially known as the “Varsity Blues” scandal.
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County 12-year-old with autism was a victim of a gang attack but says he was later charged with disturbing the peace for allegedly swearing. Now, he’s suing Pennsylvania State Police officers in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester County law firm and its founder have launched litigation against a California man they say publicly damaged the firm’s reputation through repeated allegations as to the accuracy of its billing practices.
PHILADELPHIA — The former executive director of a Delaware County activist group is suing the organization, claiming age discrimination amid other allegations.
PHILADELPHIA – A class action lawsuit initiated against a Warrendale home security company and which invoked the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, has been remanded to its court of origin by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
HARRISBURG – A three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania threw out the post-trial appeal of a plaintiff who filed a medical malpractice complaint against Philadelphia-area doctors for reasons of jurisdiction, due to the trial court not having entered a final judgment on the case’s verdict.
PHILADELPHIA – A woman who says she suffered permanent and lasting injuries when she was knocked over by a restocking cart in a Kohl’s department store, has initiated legal action against the retail entity for compensatory and punitive damages.
