PHILADELPHIA – A local woman who claimed that a negligently placed and overturned traffic control sign placed on a city sidewalk caused her to fall and suffer serious injuries, now wants to remand her case to state court.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man continues to reiterate claims against the owners and operators of the condominium complex where his late mother lived, alleging a fall she suffered on their property caused injuries whose repairs later led to her death.
PHILADELPHIA – A traffic system company defendant has filed a third-party complaint against a construction company it claims is responsible for injuries suffered by a local woman, who fell allegedly due to an overturned traffic control sign.
PHILADELPHIA – An Adamstown factory has denied that it engaged in various forms of racial discrimination and harassment against one of its longtime machine operator and materials handlers.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a local rehabilitation center for delinquent youth has re-argued that the Forest County Court of Common Pleas would be the proper venue for litigation alleging that a Western Pennsylvania man was repeatedly assaulted both physically and sexually by staff members at the facility.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman claims that a negligently-placed and overturned traffic control sign placed on a city sidewalk caused her to fall and suffer serious injuries.
SCRANTON – Preparation of a settlement is underway in a lawsuit between a Mississippi widower and a Mount Union company over claims concerning an allegedly defective natural gas heater which may have been responsible for the death of the plaintiff’s wife.
MEDIA – An Upper Darby tavern is looking to open and strike a default judgment levied against it, in the case of a Philadelphia woman attending a birthday party at the tavern and who alleged she was shot by another patron who had been allegedly over-served with alcohol during his stay.
PHILADELPHIA – A longtime officer in Philadelphia’s Department of Prisons says she suffered professional retaliation when she spoke out publicly against conditions in local correctional institutions during the COVID-19, conditions which she says had become “horrifying.”
PHILADELPHIA – An East Bradford Township public works official has for the second time denied liability for claims of retaliation and civil rights violations, brought by a former employee who alleged he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for 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, is now seeking a sooner trial date.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County continues to ardently deny liability in age discrimination litigation brought by a local attorney of more than four decades, who said he was fired from his role as a county public defender in 2020 due to his age and disability, after returning to his duties following a stroke.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants have won a motion to transfer venue to a federal court in Western Pennsylvania, in wrongful death litigation brought by the estate of a young man killed when an allegedly faulty gate at a landfill dropped onto his car.
PHILADELPHIA – East Bradford Township and one of its public works officials have denied being responsible for claims of retaliation and civil rights violations, brought by a former employee who alleged he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman who is now an adult and claimed that she was both physically and emotionally abused as a child, during the span of time she was placed in a foster home by city entities, has settled her claims.
PHILADELPHIA – Two police defendants are seeking a stay 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.
PITTSBURGH – Westmoreland County authorities have been granted a confidential protective order surrounding certain elements of discovery, in a harassment and professional retaliation suit from the former warden of the county’s prison.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied a motion to remand a wrongful death litigation brought by the estate of a young man killed when an allegedly faulty gate at a landfill dropped onto his car, to a state court.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ordered that more specificity must be provided by a Canadian plaintiff who alleged that a Bucks County manufacturer and installer of shower doors was negligent in its professional duties – and thus, led to her minor-aged daughter being cut by broken glass when it shattered during their hotel stay last year.
