Seven appeals and plenty of in-fighting have Pennsylvania counties behind schedule in their quest to hold dozens of companies liable for the nation's painkiller crisis
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Deborah Pierson and William Pierson against Fedex, Fedex Ground Package System Inc. and Francis Kelly on Jan. 30: 'Affidavit Of Service By Sheriff Of Dauphin County, Pa Re: Served Summons And Complaint Upon Fedex Ground Package System, Inc. D/b/a Fedex Ground By Sheriff's Personal Service On 01/25/2019 (sternberg, Michael)'.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff who was allegedly assaulted in a Northeast Philadelphia restaurant is seeking a default judgment to be entered against the defendants for not filing a response to his lawsuit within the allotted time.
The fight for control of Pennsylvania’s opioid litigation is not over, as Lehigh County is not happy that its case has been grouped in with more than 30 others and that lawyers it previously rejected have been tasked with overseeing the proceedings.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled to dismiss a litigant’s appeal of a judgment in excess of $5,000, one he was ordered to pay in exchange for landscaping work which was supposedly not compensated for.
PHILADELPHIA – Appellate court judges have decided to remand a civil rights action tied to an arson investigation to its trial court, for further proceedings and analysis on whether the concept of qualified immunity applies to one of the case’s defendants.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has relinquished jurisdiction over a matter involving the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency (PHFA) and sovereign immunity, and opted to transfer it to the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – A plaintiff’s appeal of summary judgment against a pair of medical facilities and two neurosurgeons has been quashed and labeled “untimely”, according to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – A school that a plaintiff attended and chores he performed there as a young man were not the cause of his serious pulmonary illness, according to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court has affirmed a granting of summary judgment in favor of a global insurance company against one of its policyholders, through the applicability of an exclusion clause for assault and battery.
PHILADELPHIA – Defense counsel in a premises liability action revolving around an injurious fall on a satellite campus of Pennsylvania State University is arguing the case should be transferred to Dauphin County, where the accident took place.
PHILADELPHIA – A personal injury lawsuit revolving around a teenager’s accidental drowning at a Harrisburg apartment complex has been settled in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – An injury lawsuit related to a 2012 motor vehicle accident has been withdrawn entirely, canceling a hearing scheduled in the matter for this past Monday and making the case moot.
