HARRISBURG – A Pennsylvania waterway environmental group and a food processing company are seeking to stay litigation the two parties are involved in over claims of the latter polluting Oil Creek and the Susquehanna River and violating the state Clean Streams Law and the federal Clean Water Act in the process.
HARRISBURG – A 3-2 majority of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the state’s law permitting mail-in voting is unconstitutional, a finding immediately appealed by the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf to the state Supreme Court.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over 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, has recently been stayed in advance of a potential settlement.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man who alleged that a Philadelphia police officer committed a brutal assault against him during his participation in protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year, contends that the City of Philadelphia has not met the burden of proof for the dismissal motion it filed in the case.
SCRANTON — A political activist alleges his First Amendment rights were violated by not being able to burn a Donald Trump flag at a protest in the Township of East Buffalo. Gene Stilp filed a complaint Jan. 4 in the U.S.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man contends that he has suffered permanent vitiligo as a result of using Just For Men hair color products which he purchased at a local CVS pharmacy store.
PITTSBURGH – An employee of a carpet cleaning service who claimed he was wrongfully terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic when he objected to working in areas where social distancing and wearing of protective personal equipment was not being practiced, saw his case dismissed from and now, remanded to, state court.
ALLENTOWN – A parent who alleged that a now-incarcerated ex-employee of the Reading Recreation Commission committed multiple acts of sexual abuse and molestation against his daughter, and that the organization both failed to stop the abuse from happening and violated her constitutional rights, refutes the group’s dismissal motion and stands by the complaint’s original claims.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has levied an order of confidentiality in litigation brought by the mother of a two-year-old girl burned by an allegedly faulty Instant Pot pressure cooking device, to the manufacturer of that same device.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has reversed the denial of class action certification to a homeowner engaged in litigation with a natural gas company, over its alleged usage of his property to store natural gas without compensating him.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman alleges that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased for use at a local Dollar Tree store.
MEDIA – A Philadelphia woman has reiterated her claims that she was enjoying a friend’s birthday party at an Upper Darby tavern, when she was shot by another patron of the establishment who had been allegedly over-served with alcohol during his stay.
MEDIA – A New Jersey woman has launched a medical malpractice lawsuit against a number of Delaware County healthcare entities and professionals, for their alleged negligence which caused her late husband to die of a pulmonary embolism.
WILLIAMSPORT – Two corrections officials at SCI-Rockview have been dismissed from an excessive force lawsuit brought a prisoner currently in state custody, finding after viewing video evidence that they did not use force that was alleged at the time.
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man who served as a high school football head coach for eight years has settled allegations that he was defamed by school district officials with false claims that he permitted hazing and bullying in the football program.
PHILADELPHIA — A Riverside Correctional Facility inmate alleges he was beaten unconscious by officers. Jose Gonzalez filed a complaint Jan. 5 in the U.S.
