Borough of Jenkintown
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Foxcroft Square, PA 19046
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has authorized a settlement between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over the plaintiffs’ claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
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PHILADELPHIA – A trio of defendants are seeking to have litigation brought by a Central Pennsylvania couple surrounding extensive ocular injuries the husband-plaintiff suffered after a baseball allegedly ripped through polyethylene safety netting and struck him in the right eye, transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, has recently been stayed in advance of a potential settlement.
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PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, will be heading to trial in February.
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MEDIA — A Chester County charter school is facing a negligence claim after a student was pushed off a slide and suffered multiple injuries including a fractured leg.
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ALLENTOWN – An office manager of Hispanic origin has reiterated allegations that she and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against by a Philadelphia law firm because of their ethnic background and when she spoke out against the unfair treatment, she was fired.
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ALLENTOWN – A Philadelphia law firm denies that it discriminated against and fired a former officer manager of Hispanic origin because of her ethnic background, instead countering that the plaintiff was fired for just cause.
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PHILADELPHIA – A former Jenkintown mayoral candidate and her spouse who lost their retaliation case against a number of borough officials have also lost the appeal of their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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ALLENTOWN – An office manager of Hispanic origin says she and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against by a Philadelphia law firm because of their ethnic background and when she spoke out against the unfair treatment, she was fired.
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PHILADELPHIA – Wawa is seeking to dismiss a New Jersey developer’s anti-trust litigation against a Pennsylvania competitor, which claimed the latter is conspiring to prevent it from developing a major retail project featuring the Royal Farms Convenience Store in the vicinity of a Merck headquarters.
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PHILADELPHIA - A Montoursville Area School District sixth-grade teacher and assistant baseball coach is seeking damages from multiple defendants after a baseball allegedly ripped through polyethylene safety netting and struck him in the right eye, causing surgical removal of the eye in addition to other injuries.
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WILLIAMSPORT – A group of disabled citizens and the City of Williamsport have agreed in principle to end Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 litigation over accessibility gaps in its City Hall building, through a consent decree providing compensatory damages and outlining compliance improvements.
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MEDIA – A Delaware County fuel company claims that negligence on the part of a towing operation based in Bristol, led to its fuel truck tipping over and sustaining a variety of commercial damages.
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WILLIAMSPORT – The City of Williamsport has denied allegations that it has been non-compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as it relates to the layout and facility of its City Hall building.
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PHILADELPHIA – A former Jenkintown mayoral candidate and her spouse who lost their retaliation case against a number of borough officials are appealing their case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a pair of Jenkintown residents, including a former mayoral candidate, which alleged that town’s Borough Manager and other officials retaliated against them through a series of bogus zoning code violations.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has stayed a New Jersey developer’s anti-trust litigation against a Pennsylvania competitor, which claimed the latter is conspiring to prevent it from developing a major retail project featuring the Royal Farms Convenience Store and in the vicinity of a Merck headquarters building.
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PHILADELPHIA – A group of plaintiffs that sued the City of Philadelphia alleging it failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is pushing for judgment in the matter in order to appeal the judge’s dismissal of their case.
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WILLIAMSPORT – Legal action is being taken by two advocacy organizations and a group of citizens against the City of Williamsport for an alleged lack of compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, particularly in the facilities located at its City Hall building.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has sided with the City of Philadelphia that an allegation it failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, does not constitute denial of access to a City program – while at the same, certifying the litigation as a class action.
