PITTSBURGH – The parent company of Pottery Barn introduced additional arguments in state court to support its allegations that an adjoining hamburger restaurant leaked both water and sewage into one of its mall stores in Mount Lebanon.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the Commonwealth cannot dodge liability through the real estate exception to sovereign immunity, in cases where its negligent design and construction created a defective and dangerous condition, and later caused injury.
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 4. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
SCRANTON – The U.S. government has denied liability for claims made by the parents of a newborn baby girl who suffered a skull fracture at birth and resulting brain damage, due to alleged medical negligence on the part of the obstetrician.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Securities and Exchange Commission against John R. Regan, Keystone V Management Co. Inc., Keystone V Partners L.P., Keystone Venture Management Holdings Inc., Kieran J. Dale, Michael A. Liberty and Peter E. Ligeti on May 4.
PHILADELPHIA - A Laureldale woman sued in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas after she says a hair dryer spontaneously combusted and caused serious burns.
SCRANTON – The estate of a Carbondale woman alleges professional negligence on the part of a local hospital, physician and nurse practitioner led to her death from cardiac arrest two years ago.
SCRANTON – Lackawanna County medical defendants bring a trio of objections pertaining to both venue and pleading to a lawsuit brought by a local couple, which alleged that the severe bleeding and carotid artery damage the wife-plaintiff suffered was the result of a botched artery repair procedure.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 16. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on April 12. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 12. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Jacky Dale Hamrick against Enbridge USA ) Inc. on April 12: 'Case Transferred In From District Of Texas Southern; Case Number 4:20-cv-03647. Original File Certified Copy Of Transfer Order And Docket Sheet Received. Modified On 4/14/2021 (cel).'.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Jacky Dale Hamrick against Enbridge USA ) Inc. on April 16.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by International Painters and Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund, International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 21 Welfare Fund, Joseph Ashdale and Tim D. Maitland against Consolidated Glass Holdings Inc. and J.E. Berkowitz L.P. on April 12.
SCRANTON – Walmart and the manufacturers of a portable heater have answered a lawsuit filed over an allegedly defective product which exploded and killed a man on a deer hunting trip, claiming the events were the fault of the decedent.
HARRISBURG – A Black-owned EMS ambulance company in Western Pennsylvania has launched litigation against a host of medical professionals and health care companies, alleging it faced a conspiracy of racial discrimination on the part of the defendants.