SCRANTON – A federal court in Scranton now has jurisdiction over a lawsuit which is seeking more than $619 million for 4,400 residents of Avoca, who were said to be exposed to carcinogenic substances from the Kerr-McGee Corp. wood treatment facility.
PHILADELPHIA – A Texas personal injury law firm claims it is owed part of $16 million awarded to a corporate whistleblower because colleagues effectively poached the client and represented him in secret.
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County law firm is pursuing the recovery of more than $150,000 in counsel and other fees from the current chief executive officer of Mobilactive and the one-time executive vice-president and general counsel of Comcast Corporation.
The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that a lower court didn’t abuse its discretion when it consolidated two lawsuits stemming from a business relationship gone bad, according to a decision filed on April 3.
An individual has filed a class action lawsuit against Shipley Energy Company, Shipley Choice LLD d/b/a Shipley Energy and Shipley Fuels Marketing LLC for allegedly violating telephone harassment statutes.
PHILADELPHIA – Legal action filed by a Philadelphia man who suffered severe lower back injuries in a serious hit-and-run car crash almost two and a half years ago and who believed MetLife Insurance didn’t properly compensate him with uninsured motorist (UIM) benefits has settled.
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a marketer and food service products distributor that sued two Montgomery County restaurants and their owner for over $14,000 in financial damages, related to alleged breach of contract, was recently rendered a judgment of non prosecution.
NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge has ruled that 1,200 product liability lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of anti-coagulant drug Xarelto will soon be removed from their multi-district litigation (MDL) status, for resolution in separate jury trials.
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County property management company is seeking to recoup more than $100,000 from an MMA training school, which allegedly defaulted on its building lease in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – A private Catholic school in Lower Gwynedd Township, its operators and sponsors are now facing a major negligence lawsuit from the parents of a seventh-grade female student who was allegedly sexually molested multiple times by one of the school’s now-former (and convicted) IT workers both on and off-campus.
PHILADELPHIA – Angela Gentry, the widow of country music star Troy Gentry, who was killed in a helicopter accident in Medford, N.J. last fall, has filed a survival and wrongful death action in a Philadelphia court against the companies involved in her late husband’s fatal crash.
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has affirmed a previous ruling that changed venue in an appeal brought by a whistleblower seeking a piece of a $56 million settlement.
PHILADELPHIA – An Uber passenger from Montgomery County who says she was left stranded on the Pennsylvania Turnpike by her allegedly-impaired and “deranged” driver, is taking the popular ride-hailing mobile app and the driver in question to court.
PITTSBURGH – A Virginia photographer claims a Pittsburgh interior design and construction services company published an infringing copy of one of his photographs on its Instagram page.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania on Nov. 17 affirmed a trial court decision granting a preliminary injunction to Tyco International Management Co. LLC and Tyco Fire Products LP in a dispute with a former employee whom Tyco officials accused of violating employment contracts after taking a job with a competing company.
PHILADELPHIA – A new class action lawsuit accuses a therapeutic professional staffing agency and its owners of violating the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (WPCL) by allegedly not paying full commissions to their sales representatives.
HARRISBURG – The state Commonwealth Court recently affirmed dismissal of a complaint filed by a doctor against the Abington School District after its school board limited his time to speak at a school board meeting.
PHILADELPHIA – The parents of a young girl from Montgomery County who suffered leg injuries after allegedly being run over by a golf cart have filed legal action against the athletic club they feel is responsible for the accident.
