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.
SCRANTON — A woman claims Sunbeam's liability after the company's smoothie blender allegedly malfunctioned and caused her hand to fall into the blades.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia and two of its Commissioners have been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by an election poll worker, which alleged she suffered a broken arm when she was asked to repair a faulty voting machine herself.
MEDIA — A disabled woman alleges a Community Transit's driver refusal to assist her off the bus at her dialysis appointment caused her to fall and suffer injuries.
ALLENTOWN – The mother of a six-year-old Pen Argyl boy has filed suit against her Florida-based landlord, charging that his failure to remediate lead from the home she rented has left her son with permanent brain damage.
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 – A federal judge has granted a Philadelphia law firm’s motion to quash a subpoena in litigation brought by its former chief marketing officer, who alleged she was fired when she complained of racially discriminatory practices within the firm.
SCRANTON – A trio of Scranton School District employees who sued the District over rules it implemented in December requiring them to perform their paraprofessional duties inside students’ homes if virtual learning once again takes place, have motioned for a special injunction to prevent the rules from going into effect.
LANCASTER — A woman is claiming negligence against the person who allowed her to ride on top of a mower as a minor, which caused her foot to nearly be severed.
PHILADELPHIA – Along with its co-defendant, CVS has denied the allegations of a Delaware County man, who alleged he suffered permanent vitiligo from using the products he purchased at one of its local pharmacy stores.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections from ride share company Uber, who oppose litigation from a Western Pennsylvania man who claimed he and his friends were nearly killed by their Uber driver in a ride-gone-wrong.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has denied an attempt by five local voters to secure a preliminary injunction to prevent the certification of results from November’s general election by the Lehigh County Board of Elections, since the plaintiffs’ votes were set to be discarded due to their signatures lacking an accompanying date.
HARRISBURG – A federal judge has partially granted summary judgment to Shippensburg University, in litigation that alleged one of its administrators made numerous unwanted sexual advances toward a director of testing and that it both failed to accept that same director’s story, while also refusing to reinstate her employment.
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.
PITTSBURGH – A local contractor seeks to strike punitive damages from a lawsuit brought by a Tyrone woman, who claimed that its 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.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man stands by 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 retailer of personal protective equipment alleges it was fraudulently induced to spend nearly $2 million in ordering a purchase of more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits, but says it never received the kits or a refund.
