LANCASTER – The family of both a young woman and toddler who died in a residential structure fire in Columbia Borough in January 2020 have settled claims for survival and wrongful death against both the owner and property manager, for $42,500.
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County trucking firm now seeks a preliminary injunction to prevent the City of Philadelphia and the U.S. Department of Transportation from revoking its certification to qualify as a “Disadvantaged Business Enterprise.”
ALLENTOWN – A federal lawsuit alleges that a now-incarcerated ex-employee of the Reading Recreation Commission committed multiple acts of sexual abuse and molestation against a then-11-year-old girl, and that the organization both failed to stop the abuse from happening and violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially dismissed two claims from a suit filed by a local corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated, when he was disciplined for speech made in a Facebook post to call for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has remanded to state court the case of a Virginia organization representing the rights of firearms owners who claimed that a City of Philadelphia ordinance prohibiting anyone to use 3D printers to create firearms violates both state and federal laws.
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County trucking firm alleges that the City of Philadelphia and the U.S Department of Transportation has illegally threatened to revoke its certification to qualify as a “Disadvantaged Business Enterprise.”
PHILADELPHIA – A local corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated when he was disciplined for speech made in a Facebook post to call for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches, now reiterates his pleadings and says they are solid enough to turn away a motion to dismiss.
LANCASTER – The family of both a young woman and toddler who died in a residential structure fire in Columbia Borough in January 2020 have filed legal action for survival and wrongful death, against both the owner and property manager.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia disciplined a corrections officer for a Facebook post in which he called for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches, arguing that its interest in maintaining order among its prison control staff outweighs its interest in the plaintiff’s constitutional rights.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has countered litigation from a Virginia organization claiming that a local ordinance prohibiting anyone to use 3D printers to create firearms violates both state and federal laws, by arguing that the claims are moot and lack standing.
The following cases categorized as "motor vehicle" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on July 9. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PHILADELPHIA – A Virginia organization representing the rights of firearms owners has sued the City of Philadelphia in federal court, claiming that a city ordinance prohibiting anyone to use 3D printers to create firearms violates both state and federal laws.
The following cases categorized as "medical malpractice" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on June 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
ALLENTOWN – A class action lawsuit against the makers of Purina pet food which said odors from their Allentown processing plant have negatively impacted the lives of those who live in the vicinity, and whose settlement had been preliminarily approved, has received objections from two class plaintiffs.
The following cases categorized as "securities/commodities" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 20. 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 Matthew Hopkins against Boingo Wireless Inc., Chuck Davis, David Hagan, Kathy Misunas, Lance Rosenzweig, Maury Austin, Michelle V Choka, Mike Finley, Roy H Chestnutt and Terrell Jones on May 20.
The following cases categorized as "motor vehicle" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on May 7. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
