PHILADELPHIA – The family of slain Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against his alleged, teenaged murderer Miles Pfeffer, Pfeffer’s parents and his mother’s longtime boyfriend, charging that they knew of the alleged killer’s mental instability and violent tendencies, and did not prevent him from committing Fitzgerald’s murder.
PITTSBURGH – A pair of Western Pennsylvania homeowners have sued their next-door neighbors, claiming that the defendants’ illegally-constructed parking area has resulted in groundwater runoff flooding their finished basement.
HARRISBURG – A Maryland woman who alleged that the organizing companies of the York State Fair were negligent in failing to prevent her injuries when a passing thunderstorm caused her to be hit by a metal object when she was attending the fair, has seen her case remanded to a Pennsylvania state court.
MEDIA – Just days before three former Borough of Sharon Hill police officers were sentenced to house arrest and probation for their involvement in a shooting which killed an 8-year-old girl in August 2021, a Delaware County judge upheld the denial of releasing the full and unredacted version of the Borough’s report on its community policing procedures to a local citizen advocate.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has authorized a settlement between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over the plaintiffs’ claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
LANCASTER – Litigation brought by two shoppers allegedly injured while escaping from a shooting incident at the Park City Mall a year and a half ago, has seen a stipulation approved whereby one of the plaintiffs will be dismissed from the case due to a past diagnosis of dementia.
PITTSBURGH – A North Braddock cemetery holds that it conducted a proper burial for a plaintiff’s deceased wife, and did not fail to alleviate the plaintiff’s subsequent concerns and/or requests for correction in that regard.
MEDIA – A Delaware County church volunteer who alleged she ingested a negligently placed and toxic cleaning supply product, located on the same table as refreshments offered to the public when she worked at an event to provide COVID-19 vaccinations two years ago, may receive a default judgment.
MEDIA – A Florida woman alleges she was violently assaulted by staff members of an Upper Darby hookah lounge, and in response has filed suit in a Delaware County court seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio rail company has resolved claims connected to the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was struck by a train while crossing a railroad bridge in South Fayette Township nearly three years ago.
PITTSBURGH – A nursing home employee who alleged that the managing companies of the facility engaged in false advertising and categorical underpayment of their “Weekend Warrior”-level staff, maintains for the second time that the case should retain jurisdiction in Allegheny County.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area museum’s curator has reiterated claims that she suffered severe injuries in a fall on the center’s grounds, due to an alleged defectively-constructed staircase which also lacked a handrail.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh business has been granted a stay in its suit against its neighboring business and local sewer authorities, after a leak occurred and its basement was flooded under inches of water.
PHILADELPHIA – An inmate at the Bucks County Correctional Facility alleges he was denied adequate and timely medical care, when he suffered a broken heel after falling from the furniture in his cell.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Strike 3 Holdings, LLC against John Doe Subscriber Assigned Ip Address 73. 30. 31. 105 on Feb. 9.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has argued against an injunction being sought by a nonprofit corporation representing local taxi cab drivers, which alleged that its decision to modify where its drivers are positioned outside terminals at Philadelphia International Airport will cause irreparable damage to business.
ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster, the Lancaster Police Department and one of its police officers have now twice attempted to dismiss litigation from a Maryland woman, who claimed she was the victim of excessive force from Lancaster police officers and suffered a broken arm in the process, when the police came to her residence and forcibly evicted her.
MEDIA – A Delaware County judge has overruled preliminary objections from Crozer Health defendants, who are charged with negligence and tortious interference with a corpse and invasion of privacy after the plaintiff’s mother was embalmed and cremated, despite her express wishes.
PHILADELPHIA – A Walmart shoplifter alleges that police who responded to the incident tackled her in the parking lot, causing her to hit her head on the pavement and suffer a traumatic brain injury.
