A federal judge has dismissed a weight-loss company's lawsuit against two online review sites for allegedly violating a federal trademark statute, ruling that the statute doesn't apply in this case.
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 Telford couple are taking their former legal counsel to court, saying their malpractice and negligence caused them to lose out on $100,000 in insurance payout benefits, subsequent to one of the plaintiffs being involved in a major car accident.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia food service company claims it was left on the hook for over $70,000 in local, state and federal back taxes, when its accounting firm negligently and erroneously prepared its tax return paperwork.
PITTSBURGH – A finance company based in Texas is seeking to recover allegedly outstanding loan funds it issued to a Western Pennsylvania defendant in 2006.
PITTSBURGH – A Texas financial company is seeking to recoup a loan it issued to a pair of Pennsylvania defendants in 2005, and cure what it argues was a perceived default on the parts of those defendants.
PHILADELPHIA — An employee has filed a class action lawsuit against an employer, citing alleged unpaid wages, violation of applicable minimum wage law, and violation of Workers' Compensation acts.
An Eagleville individual has filed a class action lawsuit against Equifax Inc. and Equifax Credit Information Services Inc. over allegations that it improperly handled and stored personally identifiable information.
MEDIA – A woman has initiated legal action in the wake of an injurious fall she sustained at a residence in Chester, one maintained by a fellow local resident and the community’s government.
Three employees have filed a class action lawsuit against Bimbo Bakeries USA Inc., and Bimbo Foods Bakeries Distribution LLC, citing alleged unpaid wages and violation of Workers' Compensation acts.
SCRANTON — A former nonprofit employee is suing United Cerebral Palsy of Central PA, alleging violation of Workers' Compensation acts and wrongful termination.
PHILADELPHIA – Records from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas reveal more than 3,000 new Risperdal lawsuits were filed in the first three months of 2017, driving up the total number of filings in this mass tort program to more than 5,500.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of New York plaintiffs believe a local fire security company was negligent in its duty to install a working fire suppression system in their business, which later burned down.
MANHATTAN — A judge in United States District Court for the Southern District of New York reduced the cost of attorney's fees in a settlement against Bank of America after a firm used temporary attorneys for document review and billed at normal staff rates.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for Third Circuit has ruled a man’s debt tied to a finding of intentional infliction of emotional distress was not permitted to be discharged in the midst of his Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.
PITTSBURGH — A former broker claims his former employer, Fidelity Brokerage Services, promoted a younger worker from another office to replace him after he was fired without an explanation in April, but the company is refuting those allegations.
PHILADELPHIA – The first Risperdal lawsuit to see the inside of a Philadelphia courtroom since a landmark $70 million plaintiff verdict in July was recently dismissed just 11 days into trial proceedings.
