PITTSBURGH – A Jefferson Hills construction company has filed suit against the City of Pittsburgh, claiming it breached a contract with it for a stormwater project and hasn’t made proper restitution.
PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel is facing a consolidated class action lawsuit filed earlier this year resulting from alleged health issues and property damage from pollution related to its Clairton Coke Works plant, but have offered objections to the litigation and believe the plaintiffs’ case is an “over-reaching” one.
PHILADELPHIA – A whistleblowing doctor who complained about her employer treating a chiropractor as a licensed physician has seen her opponents win their court appeal that will send the dispute to arbitration.
PHILADELPHIA – A former employee of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital who claimed he was wrongfully terminated for taking time off through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has lost his appeal against the institution.
HARRISBURG — In a case that ultimately could have far-reaching impact across the state, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that terminated employees are precluded from inspecting their personnel files.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled the claims of a pediatric ophthalmologist who believes he was wrongfully terminated under federal law as dismissed.
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a ruling in favor of a hospital after a woman sued her husband’s health care providers because his cancer returned and the hospital didn’t inform them or provide proper treatment.
PITTSBURGH — Defendants in a case dealing with the alleged wrongful death of an Allegheny Health Network patient filed multiple objections against the plaintiff's lawsuit recently, arguing that several sections be stricken from the complaint.
SCRANTON — A Jefferson Township man is suing Gibbons Ford L.P. and its managing partner, citing alleged unpaid wages and violation of minimum wage law.
PITTSBURGH — A couple is suing Jefferson Regional Medical Center and three of its doctors, citing alleged insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries and negligence after their child was delivered stillborn.
PHILADELPHIA – According to a federal appellate court, a former hospital employee in Philadelphia did not meet the burden of proof required to substantiate her age discrimination claims.
PHILADELPHIA – A Willow Grove widower alleges medical malpractice from a local medical facility and its doctors resulted in the untimely death of his wife from a subarachnoid hemorrhage.
PHILADELPHIA – An appellate judge says the plaintiff of record in a qui tam action cannot be granted access to stenographic court records which he says do not exist.
PHILADELPHIA – Three appellate court judges have thrown out an appeal pertaining to a settlement in a wrongful termination action involving a former employee of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.
PHILADELPHIA – Per the orders of a judge in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, a lawsuit centered on a fall resulting from snow and ice will not be transferred to a court in Bucks County.
PHILADELPHIA – Espousing a belief that the appellant in an employment discrimination case against Thomas Jefferson University was trying to re-litigate issues already dismissed, a federal appellate court upheld a ruling on the matter.
PITTSBURGH – A decision handed down by a federal judge in the state's western district, dismissing most claims but allowing others to proceed against polypropylene mesh manufacturers and providers, is unique perhaps only in its normalcy, a Philadelphia attorney said during a recent interview.
