PHILADELPHIA – The Greyhound and Flixbus transportation companies seek to disprove allegations that they were responsible for the death of a 32-year-old man from cardiac arrest, while aboard a Greyhound bus bound for Philadelphia two years ago.
PHILADELPHIA – In litigation where defendants were accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits or a refund to a retailer who paid it nearly $2 million, third-party defendants named in a later version of the complaint have lost their attempt to be dismissed from it.
HARRISBURG – A Maryland woman who alleged that the organizing companies of the York State Fair were negligent in failing to prevent her injuries when a passing thunderstorm caused her to be hit by a metal object when she was attending the fair, has seen her case remanded to a Pennsylvania state court.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Andre Oliver against John Doe Policer Officer #1 and Police Officer Kane on Jan. 20: 'Complaint Against All Defendants ( Filing Fee $ 402 Receipt Number Apaedc-16446138.), Filed By Andre Oliver. (attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Designation Form)(Simmons, Benjamin) (entered: 01/20/2023)'.
PHILADELPHIA – After a jury ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit, counsel for the officers are now seeking more than $800,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
PHILADELPHIA – After a trial lasting one week, a jury has ordered the City of Philadelphia to pay a total of $1 million to a pair of female, former Philadelphia police officers, who claimed they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination in a federal court lawsuit.
HARRISBURG – A Chambersburg woman who alleged she was subjected to excessive force during a DUI traffic stop arrest by five troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police in January 2019, has been granted additional time to properly serve the defendants, albeit not through the U.S. Marshals Service.
HARRISBURG – The Gap has won consolidation of separate lawsuits concerning the same incident, where several Derry Township police officers allegedly committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants named in a Florida man’s lawsuit over the alleged inequitable distribution of assets from his mother’s will to himself and his two siblings, have countered that the plaintiff’s suit fails to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
MEDIA – The daughters of a Delaware County nursing home resident who contended that improper care from facility staff directly caused their mother’s death, have settled their claims with the nursing home company for $20,000.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has dismissed litigation brought by a legal group and two law firms against TD Bank, which claimed that the bank was negligent and should have detected that the plaintiff’s employee had embezzled funds and deposited those funds at the bank.
PHILADELPHIA – Federal litigation from a local woman shopping at a suburban location of Designer Shoe Warehouse, who was injured after falling into an aisle’s endcap shelf and then brought suit against the footwear retailer, has been remanded to state court.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman shopping at a suburban location of Designer Shoe Warehouse and who was injured after falling into an aisle’s endcap shelf, has brought suit against the footwear retailer.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple who alleged that an energy company illegally encroached on their property to construct a natural gas pipeline, have hit back at the company’s denials that it committed negligence, trespass and other offenses.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania energy company has denied allegation that it committed negligence, trespass and other offenses when it allegedly encroached on a Cabot couple’s property to construct a natural gas pipeline.
PITTSBURGH – A housing community owner who alleged that its neighbor’s construction caused nearly $250,000 in severe damage to retaining walls and surrounding property and wants a default judgment in that same amount, denies the answering material from two of the case’s defendants.
SCRANTON – After a man who was the subject of a civil rights and discrimination lawsuit brought against York County Prison and several of its correctional officials was later found dead, and after his family members did not take his place within the prescribed time period, his case has been dismissed.
PITTSBURGH – A housing community owner who alleged that its neighbor’s construction caused nearly $250,000 in severe damage to retaining walls and surrounding property, now seeks a default judgment in that same amount against one of the defendants.
HARRISBURG – Litigation brought by a Hershey woman alleging that her comments to the Derry Township School Board on the relative dearth of mental health services provided to students there led to the District retaliating against her, has been stayed.
