The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Board of Trustees, Laborers' District Council Construction Industry Pension Plan against Alisa Bowman and Anthony Bowman on April 28.
HARRISBURG – A recent unanimous ruling from a panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania may have great import for future product liability trials statewide, as it stated that trial courts may prevent defendants from using evidence pertaining to industry standards.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 19. 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 activities in the suit brought by Cement Masons' Union Local No. 592 Pension Fund against Phillips Enterprises Inc. on April 19.
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:
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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.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania House of Representatives has passed a broad-based liability shield for the COVID-19 pandemic for commercial businesses and health care entities statewide, in a bill that would protect them from lawsuit claims related to coronavirus exposure.
In response to ongoing requests by plan sponsors, service providers and industry associations alike, the Department of Labor (DOL) issued informal, legally nonbinding guidance earlier this year to help address issues surrounding missing retirement plan participants.
ALLENTOWN – A nearly three-year-long legal battle centered on two Northampton County residents’ class action, public nuisance lawsuit against the Bethlehem Landfill Company was recently ended through voluntary dismissal, after it was learned the landfill wasn’t responsible for the acts alleged in their case.
PHILADELPHIA – An associate at a drug treatment center claims that his employer and its personnel violated public policy, by retaliating against him for exercising his rights and making a good faith report of wrongdoing and waste.
PHILADELPHIA – After a Nielsen Holdings shareholder claimed that the recent $2.7 billion acquisition of its Global Connect service by Advent International Corporation violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plaintiff chose to discontinue the case before the defendants could answer the litigation.
PITTSBURGH – A Bridgeville flooring company denies liability for an alleged improper installation of flooring and lack of oversight that resulted in a fire breaking out at the plaintiff’s residence, and instead argues that the blaze was the result of actions taken by its co-defendant.
Cozen O'Connor promoted 15 attorneys to member: Donnie Apodaca, Brian Burack, Jason Cabrera, Kristina Cherevas, Jonathan Gale, Matthew Glavin, Yehudah Gordon, Max Kaplan, Jason Kreps, Anna Will Kentz, Daniel Levine, Peter Lim, Matthew Policastro, Laura Reinhart, and Danielle Sapega.
James H. Cole, longtime shareholder and co-chair of three practice groups at Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, has been named Assistant Director of the firm’s Professional Liability Department.
