PITTSBURGH – A pair of Pittsburgh plaintiffs stand by their allegations that the City of Pittsburgh’s Water and Sewer Authority was responsible for defective design and failure to repair a deteriorating storm sewer culvert, which caused storm water runoff to flow into their homes.
PHILADELPHIA – Two separate companies named in a lawsuit filed by an election poll worker, which alleged she suffered a broken arm when she was asked to repair a faulty voting machine herself, mutually and steadfastly deny cross-claims levied against them by one of their co-defendants.
PITTSBURGH – In a case surrounding alleged negligence connected to severe leg injuries a Beaver Falls woman suffered in a local Walmart store prior to her passing, Walmart has removed the case to a Pennsylvania federal court.
PHILADELPHIA – A corporate defendant named in a lawsuit filed by an election poll worker, which alleged she suffered a broken arm when she was asked to repair a faulty voting machine herself, has said that any liability should instead be directed to its co-defendants.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman’s lawsuit against Giant Eagle and Johnson & Johnson for her development of ovarian cancer, after she used the latter’s talc-based personal hygiene products for more than half of her life, may be stayed due to a notice of bankruptcy filing recently introduced by the defense.
PITTSBURGH – Walmart has countered that there is no truth to claims made by the daughter and husband of a deceased Beaver Falls woman, surrounding alleged negligence pertaining to severe leg injuries the decedent suffered in one of its local stores prior to her passing.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who was awarded $15,000 by a Pittsburgh jury after he sued his former employer, a fireworks company, for allegedly failing to accommodate his condition of claustrophobia, is now petitioning for a further award of more than $283,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
LANCASTER – Plaintiff counsel have agreed to dismiss their claims for recklessness and punitive damages against one defendant named in a negligence lawsuit, centered on a security system installer’s electrocution at a Lancaster hotel.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man has been awarded $15,000 by a Pittsburgh jury, after he sued his former employer, a fireworks company, for allegedly failing to accommodate his condition of claustrophobia.
PITTSBURGH – The daughter and husband of a deceased Beaver Falls woman are litigating with Walmart for alleged negligence-related damages connected to severe leg injuries she suffered in a local Walmart store prior to her passing.
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County woman who claimed she was injured inside the bathroom of a British Airways flight from New York to London and brought legal action against the airliner under the Montreal Convention treaty, has settled her claims against the airline.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman’s lawsuit against Giant Eagle and Johnson & Johnson for her development of ovarian cancer, after she used the latter’s talc-based personal hygiene products for more than half of her life, has been sent to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.
ALLENTOWN – The brother of an Italian woman who died after falling down the stairs of a house rented through Airbnb, has reached a preliminary settlement for wrongful death claims with the property owner for $435,000.
LANCASTER – One defendant named in a negligence lawsuit centered on a security system installer’s electrocution at a Lancaster hotel argued that it was not responsible for that event, and did not contribute to the circumstances which caused it.
PHILADELPHIA – Frontier Airlines and one of its regional managers have settled defamation claims from a lawsuit brought by a ground contractor, allegations which the plaintiff said caused her to lose out on a position with another company.
PITTSBURGH – Giant Eagle and Johnson & Johnson have petitioned to send a Western Pennsylvania woman’s lawsuit against them for her development of ovarian cancer, after she used its talc-based personal hygiene products for more than half of her life, to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.
SCRANTON – A Scranton-based X-ray company denies it contributed to the untimely death of a resident in a Lackawanna County senior living facility, a charge the decedent’s estate vehemently denies.