PHILADELPHIA – A federal court has ruled that the ex-operations manager of a laboratory company was not retaliated against by his former employer, when it failed to reinstate him after he pursued claims of wrongful termination.
SCRANTON – A law firm facing a $619 million legal malpractice lawsuit in Pennsylvania federal court wants the case dismissed for failure to state a claim and other causes or alternatively, transferred to federal court in New York.
SCRANTON – A federal court in Scranton now has jurisdiction over a lawsuit which is seeking more than $619 million for 4,400 residents of Avoca, who were said to be exposed to carcinogenic substances from the Kerr-McGee Corp. wood treatment facility.
PITTSBURGH — A surviving mother is suing Community Options Inc. and two individual defendants, citing alleged negligence that led to the death of her son.
An individual is suing her former employers, Stitch Fix Inc. Bethlehem and Stitch Fix Inc. San Francisco, for alleged pregnancy discrimination and wrongful termination.
PHILADELPHIA – A local HVAC company has settled legal action it initiated against an Atlanta-based manufacturer and producer of power cables, claiming it had committed breach of contract by defaulting on payments for work it received last year at a facility in Hatboro.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man who alleged that a local apartment complex’s gate was negligently allowed to remain in an unsafe condition and caused him serious injuries when it broke apart, has settled his lawsuit with its management entities.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge in Philadelphia recently denied an attempt on the part of pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline to reallocate costs and fees incurred through still-pending investigative discovery, to the plaintiffs’ counsel in a thalidomide products injury action.
PHILADELPHIA – A Wisconsin-based furniture dealer has launched legal action against a local furniture store, seeking to recover more than $4,000 it says it is owed per the terms of a purchase agreement between the parties.
WILKES-BARRE – A Dallas, Pennsylvania, couple allege that they have paid at least $75,000 more for a property they purchased because the disclosure statement failed to list some defects with the property.
PHILADELPHIA – General Foods has sued a group of its former attorneys and their firms, claiming their failure to assert proper and relevant defenses led to the company being evicted from its leased premises, located in the Frankford section of Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia resident who said a local apartment complex’s gate was negligently allowed to remain in an unsafe condition and caused him serious injuries when it broke apart, settled his case
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge says an Ashley man will not be permitted to join the alleged driver of the vehicle which injured him as a necessary party, but will be allowed to amend his complaint to add a charge of negligent entrustment.
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh law firm is suing Allen P. Snyder, M.D., and Marianne Snyder, his wife; Parker Snyder; Ashley Frankis; Francine Snyder, personal representative and executrix of the estate of Lance P. Snyder; and Morgan Snyder, alleging breach of contract.
PHILADELPHIA — A woman is suing TransUnion LLC, Equifax Information Services LLC, Experian Information Solutions Inc., Southwest Credit Systems L.P. and Comcast Corporation, citing alleged misrepresentation in debt collection and negligent misrepresentation.
PHILADELPHIA – Per a federal judge, discovery proceedings will begin in a putative class action litigation between a credit union and any customers who may have been affected by an arbitration clause in the institution’s Service Agreement.
