MEDIA — A residential living facility for developmentally challenged individuals is facing claims it allowed one of its residents to be sexually assaulted by another resident.
MEDIA – A state court judge has denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings and/or dismissal, in a case from a former member of the Borough of Eddystone’s Civil Service Commission who claimed he was removed from that post and defamed during a council meeting by the mayor and a councilperson regarding his alleged criminal record, which he stated does not exist.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a local rehabilitation center for delinquent youth continues to insist that sexual assault litigation filed against their clients by a Western Pennsylvania man should be transferred to a Forest County court.
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County woman who worked as a promotions and marketing director for a local media company and claimed she was unjustly terminated from her role on the basis of her age and gender, has settled her case.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has thrown out a count for reckless investigation, in a lawsuit brought by a Western Pennsylvania man who alleged that his civil rights were violated when he was arrested for allegedly molesting and raping his stepdaughter, charges which he claimed are untrue and were recanted by the girl.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman who claimed that a local contractor’s negligence in piercing an underground gas main and failing to report the subsequent leak led to the death of her mother from exposure to the gas, has reiterated her claims in response to the company’s denials of liability.
ALLENTOWN – Authorities in the Owen J. Roberts School District have denied allegations that they failed to protect a Chester Springs woman from being molested by her philosophy teacher when she was a high school student in 2020.
SCRANTON – A federal judge has ruled that a graphic designer and her partner, who sought anonymity in a lawsuit alleging years of sexual harassment at the hands of the main plaintiff’s supervisor while working at a Monroe County resort, would be compelled to name themselves moving forward.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man alleges that he suffered a number of health complications and diminished value of his property, after the defendants conducted fracking operations in the vicinity of his residence.
MEDIA – A Delaware County woman has reiterated claims that a local hospital and other medical entities committed professional medical negligence, in failing to be aware that her daughter was at risk for a drug overdose and leading to her death in the process.
PITTSBURGH – Litigation brought against a natural gas company, whose alleged negligence in failing to turn off the gas supply to a Penn Hills building allegedly exacerbated the effect of a structure fire which took place at the property, has been settled.
MEDIA – After it motioned for summary judgment in a case surrounding injuries suffered by a Woodlyn woman, who claimed an accumulation of water on the sidewalk at her local public library caused her to fall onto her left knee, Ridley Township has seen the action remanded to arbitration.
PITTSBURGH – An at-home physical therapist and her employer contends that an elderly Bethel Park couple who contracted COVID-19 after an appointment in November 2020, was responsible and liable for the injuries they suffered.
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.
PITTSBURGH – A U.S. Navy veteran who alleged that sub-standard care he received at his local Veterans Affairs hospital resulted in his suffering permanent vision loss and damage, is settling his claims with the federal government.
PITTSBURGH — A patient alleges she suffered second-degree burns after nursing staff placed hot wash cloths on her wound during her post-op recovery at Forbes Hospital.
