MEDIA – A Ridley Park woman who claimed that a host of medical professionals failed to identify and diagnose her perforated ulcer and bowel necrosis, leading her to suffer permanent damage to her digestive tract, has passed away.
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County man says he sustained a skull fracture when he slipped on an accumulated pool of water in a Folcroft flower shop, while browsing Mother’s Day flowers for his wife and accompanied by his son.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is seeking to dismiss civil rights violations claims from a local who 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.
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, will be heading to trial in February.
PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel argues that it is not liable for a Glassport man’s injuries, which allegedly took place while he was working at the company’s plant in Clairton.
MEDIA – After a Delaware County woman pursuing legal action against her former attorney for the second time over allegedly misappropriated trust funds was granted a default judgment, she now seeks a judge to consider her petition to assess the full amount of damages.
PITTSBURGH – Uber denies all liability in a Carnegie man’s litigation against the ride-share company, which alleged that the plaintiff and his friends were nearly killed by their driver in a ride-gone-wrong.
MEDIA — A worker alleges he was wrongfully terminated for refusing to show up for work while experiencing symptoms while awaiting his COVID-19 test results. John Pescatore filed a complaint against Ron Wise Auto Body Inc., alleging wrongful termination.Pescatore, according to his suit, was hired as a detailer at Ron Wise Auto Body in 1993.
MEDIA – A Delaware County banquet hall owner alleges that the City of Chester has violated his constitutional rights by revoking a zoning permit issued to him, based on erroneous information.
ALLENTOWN – Litigation between a fired office manager of Hispanic origin and her former place of business, a Philadelphia law firm, which alleged that the plaintiff and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against during their tenure because of their ethnic background, has been stayed due to the plaintiff’s counsel leaving the case.
HARRISBURG – Gov. Tom Wolf announced Monday that the Commonwealth’s Acting Secretary of Health Alison Beam would resign her position at the end of the year, just three days after the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania struck down a statewide school mask mandate order that she issued in September.
HARRISBURG – A Harrisburg woman claims that her 13 year-old son was racially targeted by management at a local Dollar Store and falsely accused of shoplifting, nearly being arrested by police who responded to the scene.
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man who served as a high school football head coach for eight years stands by assertions that he was defamed by school district officials with false claims that he permitted hazing and bullying in the football program.
PITTSBURGH — A man is suing the manufacturer of a sauna booth after suffering severe burns on his feet. Alphonso Muhammad filed a complaint Nov. 23 in the U.S.
