HARRISBURG – Attorneys for Dollar Store argue that claims of racial discrimination levied against the retail chain after a 13 year-old child was falsely accused of shoplifting do not hold water, since it feels the store does not qualify as a place of “public accommodation” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
PITTSBURGH — A worker alleges she was fired for reporting her company's failure to follow proper COVID-19 testing and protocols. Eliana Davis Filed a complaint Jan. 17 in the U.S.
HARRISBURG – Using its King’s Bench jurisdictional power, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania will now be the legal forum in which the finalization of the state’s new congressional map will take place.
PHILADELPHIA – For reasons of supposed irrelevance, a Philadelphia law firm is seeking 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.
LANCASTER — The parents of a child who was allegedly attacked by a dog while trick-or-treating in a neighborhood in Ephrats and suffered injuries are claiming negligence.
PITTSBURGH — A couple are facing a negligence claim after a visitor to their home slipped off an allegedly unsecured pool ladder and suffered multiple injuries.
PITTSBURGH – A Tennessee company is fighting liability claims from other defendants in a lawsuit which claims that itself and a pair of Pittsburgh homeowners are responsible for injuries that a local man suffered, when an oak tree on the defendants’ lawn collapsed and fell on him during his run.
PHILADELPHIA — A worker at an Adamstown factory alleges he faced racial slurs and other harassment. Gregory Nelson filed a complaint Jan. 18 in the U.S.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied without prejudice an attempt by the City of Pittsburgh and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to dismiss litigation from AT&T, which asserted that the defendants violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by their limiting of the company’s ability to place wireless facilities on telephone poles in the City’s rights-of-way.
SCRANTON – A woman who alleged she suffered arm and neurological damage during a tenodesis surgery last year stands by her claims against the hospital system through which the procedure was conducted.
PHILADELPHIA — A former employee of the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas claims he was wrongfully terminated over false assault claims by a female coworker.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has thrown out an attempt at securing summary judgment through the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act from a chemical and ingredient solutions distributor, in response to a lawsuit brought against it by a New Jersey truck driver.
PHILADELPHIA – The manufacturer of Just For Men hair color products has removed the lawsuit of a Delaware County man, who alleged he suffered permanent vitiligo from using the products he purchased at a local CVS pharmacy store, to a federal court in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA — The manufacturer of millions of dehumidifiers is facing a breach of contract claim after the products allegedly caused more than 100 fire events.
SCRANTON – A trio of Scranton School District employees have sued the District over rules it implemented last month requiring them to perform their paraprofessional duties inside students’ homes if virtual learning once again takes place, despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its pervasive Omicron variant.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government has rejected an initial $500,000 settlement offer made by counsel for a local woman who suffered severe leg injuries, in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park in Philadelphia more than three years ago.
