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.
SCRANTON – A physician from Moses Taylor Hospital has denied liability in a negligence and medical malpractice lawsuit he and others face from the parent of a minor girl who suffered a case of appendicitis.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman who alleged she suffered serious injuries when her walker caught on a hospital’s floor carpet and she fell and who is now facing the possibility of a judgment of non pros in her case argues that filing a certificate of merit is not necessary.
MEDIA – A local man has sued online news provider Patch and one of its reporters, claiming the defendants defamed him in an article which claimed both he and his mother were arrested for a fatal shooting in June 2021, when in fact they were arrested for unrelated offenses.
PHILADELPHIA – An East Bradford Township public works official is seeking to eliminate allegations that he was not truthful in a deposition given in an underlying action, in his own suit alleging he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
PITTSBURGH – In a senior citizen’s case which alleged her bank failed to protect her and her sizable accounts from fraud and resulted in her losing millions of dollars to con artists, a state court judge has overruled the bank’s preliminary objections to her case.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for all parties involved in litigation surrounding an alleged sexual assault at a local rehabilitation center for delinquent youth have reached a mutual stipulation on the plaintiff’s placement at the center.
MEDIA – L’Oréal has been dismissed from litigation concerning injuries that a Delaware man allegedly suffered in the form of hair loss, skin discoloration and patching, after a hair color and dye was applied to his scalp.
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.
MEDIA – A Delaware County judge has opened and stricken a default judgment levied against an Upper Darby tavern, in the case of a Philadelphia woman attending a birthday party there and who alleged she was shot by another patron who had been allegedly over-served with alcohol during his stay.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman who alleged she suffered serious injuries when her walker was caught in a hospital’s floor carpet and she was caused to fall to the floor, is now facing the possibility of a judgment of non pros in her case.
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.
SCRANTON – A Wilkes-Barre woman who claimed she suffered grievous injuries when, as a pedestrian crossing the street in that city, she was struck by a car driven by a suspect who was fleeing arrest from officers of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department, has now refuted the City’s denials of liability in the case.
MEDIA – A Philadelphia woman who claimed she was enjoying a friend’s birthday party at an Upper Darby tavern when she was shot by another patron of the establishment who had been allegedly over-served with alcohol during his stay, wants to amend her complaint and increase the number of defendants.
MEDIA – The owners and operators of a Delaware County condominium complex reject cross-claim liability leveled against them by a local man who alleged that a fall his mother suffered on their property caused injuries and eventually her death.
PHILADELPHIA – A local attorney of more than four decades, who said he was fired from his role as a Delaware County public defender in 2020 due to his age and disability and after a stroke, has settled his claims with the County.
SCRANTON – The City of Wilkes-Barre and its police officers have denied liability for injuries suffered by a woman when, as a pedestrian crossing the street in that city, she was struck by a car driven by a suspect who was fleeing arrest from officers of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department.
NORRISTOWN – A planning, engineering and architecture firm has denied allegations made by Cheltenham Township that it overbilled the municipality by hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Montgomery County court.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially granted a stay to two police defendants from their involvement in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison – since they feel their testimony may be used against them in another criminal case.
