PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court has concurred with a lower court that out-of-state class action plaintiffs are not able to connect their Fair Labor Standards Act claims against Federal Express to any of the company’s contacts with Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a Philadelphia couple and a Bensalem fitness facility, which claimed that the gym was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines and as a result the wife-plaintiff fell and suffered severe injuries, has resulted in an arbitration award.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a Philadelphia couple and a Bensalem fitness facility, which claimed that the gym was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines and as a result the wife-plaintiff fell and suffered severe injuries, will now be heading to arbitration.
PHILADELPHIA – A Bensalem fitness facility discounts all liability towards a negligence lawsuit it faces from a Philadelphia couple, who claimed that it was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines, leading the wife-plaintiff to fall off said machine and suffer severe injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple allege that a Bensalem fitness facility was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines, leading the wife-plaintiff to fall off the machine and suffer severe full-body injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted a move from the Environmental Protection Agency to remand a lawsuit brought by the Delaware Riverkeeper Network without vacatur, concerning a specific tenet of the Clean Water Act now under review by the administration of President Joe Biden.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a Western Pennsylvania man who says he suffered severe burns after a lithium ion battery for his vaping device exploded in his pants pocket argue that the related lawsuit should remain in Allegheny County.
MEDIA – A Delaware County fuel company claims that negligence on the part of a towing operation based in Bristol, led to its fuel truck tipping over and sustaining a variety of commercial damages.
PITTSBURGH – A battery maker charges that a Pennsylvania state court has no personal jurisdiction over it, in an action brought against it by a Western Pennsylvania man who says he suffered severe burns after a lithium ion battery for his vaping device exploded in his pants pocket.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit from a South Carolina woman who claimed she was scalded by an exploding tea kettle manufactured by a Bucks County company has been settled.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 21. 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 Dianna Guerra against Bristol West Insurance Company a K a Foremost Insurance Group on Dec. 21: 'Complaint Against All Defendants ( Filing Fee $ 402 Receipt Number 0313-14796493.), Filed By Dianna Guerra. (attachments: # 1 Exhibit A Part 1, # 2 Exhibit A Part 2)(sacchetta, Marc)'.
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.
WASHINGTON – In the latest annual report of “Judicial Hellholes” released today by the American Tort Reform Association, Pennsylvania courts have taken the No. 1 ranking for the second consecutive year – due to high-dollar mass tort verdicts, expanding medical liability litigation and a lower reliability standard for expert witness evidence, among other issues.
PHILADLEPHIA – Counsel for an Oregon safety director who fell into a five-foot-deep road construction hole below Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and was severely injured, is now seeking default judgment against the professional and governmental defendant entities.
HARRISBURG – A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the concept of specific jurisdiction in 2017 did not guide the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, when it affirmed a $12.85 million damages award in a pelvic mesh injury matter against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary.
PHILADELPHIA – The lawsuit of a South Carolina woman who claimed she was scalded by an exploding tea kettle has been remanded to a Philadelphia court, per order of a federal judge.
PHILADELPHIA – The Delaware Riverkeeper Network argues that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot have its lawsuit over the implementation of a specific tenet of the Clean Water Act dismissed it says, due to new federal laws creating standing for it in the litigation.
