PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman claims her property manager and landlord were negligent in the operation of the water heater servicing her apartment, causing her to suffer third-degree burns when she went to take a shower.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 5. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH – Litigation between a Western Pennsylvania woman and a pair of elevator manufacturers, over the plaintiff’s being trapped inside a pair of elevator doors due to a faulty sensor, has been settled.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Dana Monroe against Standard Insurance Company on March 5.
PITTSBURGH - Eastern Area Special Schools of Monroeville is seeking damages from the parties responsible for an allegedly botched roofing job done at its campus, according to documents filed in February the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
PITTSBURGH – A mutual agreement between the parties has resulted in the elimination of a bad faith claim from the case of a deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone nearly two years ago.
PITTSBURGH – An Erie insurance company is seeking to repudiate defenses put forward by the manufacturers of a dehumidifier, which allegedly caused a fire leading to nearly $360,000 in property damages.
A Pittsburgh husband and wife are suing GMR Restaurants of Pennsylvania/Darden Restaurants, Inc., owners of the Olive Garden at 260 Mall Boulevard in Monroeville, after the wife slipped on wet floor in the Olive Garden bathroom on Mar. 27, 2019, according to court documents filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
PITTSBURGH – A 94-year-old woman who was allegedly assaulted by her home health care aide has filed her second lawsuit concerning the events in question in state court.
PITTSBURGH – The manufacturers of a dehumidifier that allegedly caused a fire leading to nearly $360,000 in damages, are rejecting claims made by the property owner’s insurance company that they are responsible for the event.
PITTSBURGH – Through mutual agreement of all parties concerned, damages in the case of a deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone have been capped at $75,000, thereby preventing the case’s removal to federal court.
PITTSBURGH – Punitive damages may be off the table for a lawsuit brought by an Allegheny County man who said his young daughter suffered a head injury and facial scarring after she hit her head on the sharp, angular edge of a restroom’s free-standing sink at Bed Bath & Beyond.
PITTSBURGH – A North Huntingdon man has settled claims with a Monroeville woman for third-degree burns he allegedly suffered on various parts of his body, during a grease fire at her home last year.
PITTSBURGH – A Scottdale plaintiff who allegedly suffered a broken left knee when visiting an Outback Steakhouse restaurant nearly four years ago has settled her litigation against the popular chain.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania insurance company is seeking nearly $360,000 in damages from the allegedly negligent manufacturers of a dehumidifier that caused a fire at the property of one of its policyholders.
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation – did not show he engaged in protected activity under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Act.
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that Pennsylvania’s at-will employment status bars the violation of public policy claim brought by a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation.
PITTSBURGH – A deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone says his insurance company is refusing to pay coverage for his injuries, due to an exclusion refusing such coverage to policyholders eligible for workers’ compensation.
PITTSBURGH – A pair of elevator manufacturers argue amongst each other that they are not liable in the case of a Western Pennsylvania woman, who became trapped inside a pair of elevator doors due to a faulty sensor – with each company claiming the incident was the other’s fault.
