PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by a pair of Jenkintown residents, including a former mayoral candidate, which alleged that town’s Borough Manager and other officials retaliated against them through a series of bogus zoning code violations.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has stayed a New Jersey developer’s anti-trust litigation against a Pennsylvania competitor, which claimed the latter is conspiring to prevent it from developing a major retail project featuring the Royal Farms Convenience Store and in the vicinity of a Merck headquarters building.
PITTSBURGH – Boards of election in Bucks, Chester, Montgomery and Philadelphia counties are looking to dismiss litigation initiated by President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign over an allegedly illegal system for submitting and counting mail-in ballots.
HARRISBURG – Counsel for the City of Harrisburg and a Maryland law firm counter that an architect who sued them for alleged copyright infringement over using his draft chapters for developing a new comprehensive land plan has failed to state a proper claim.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Dawn McDermott and John McDermott against MMG Insurance Company on July 22.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has upheld a prior ruling that the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas was not a proper venue for litigation filed by 41 farm workers from the Dominican Republic, who alleged in they were exposed to poisonous pesticides and herbicides in their plantation work.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Dennis Palmer and Sandra L. Palmer against 3M Company, Buckeye Fire Equipment Company, Chemguard Inc., Corteva Inc., Dupont DE Nemours Inc., Dynax Corp., E.i. Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Kidde Fenwal Inc., National Foam Inc., THE Chemours Company, THE Chemours Company, FC LLC and Tyco Fire Products L.P. on July 7.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Nicholas Bohlen and Tamara Bohlen against 3M Company, Buckeye Fire Equipment Company, Chemguard Inc., Corteva Inc., Dupont DE Nemours Inc., Dynax Corp., E.i. Du Pont DE Nemours and Company, Kidde Fenwal Inc., National Foam Inc., THE Chemours Company, THE Chemours Company, FC LLC and Tyco Fire Products L.P. on July 7.
PHILADELPHIA – A major financial dispute between collectors of rare “Magic: The Gathering” playing cards that is centered on fraud accusations has had some of the counts stripped from its complaint in a Philadelphia federal court.
PHILADELPHIA – Jenkintown residents, including a former mayoral candidate, are now also seeking reconsideration of a recent summary judgment motion, in a case from the plaintiffs who say the Borough Manager and other officials retaliated against them through a series of bogus zoning code violations.
PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey developer has launched anti-trust litigation against a Pennsylvania competitor, claiming that it is conspiring to prevent it from developing a major retail project featuring the Royal Farms Convenience Store and in the vicinity of a Merck headquarters building.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 11. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by J.G. Wentworth Originations LLC and Travis Sbabo against Symetra Life Insurance Company on June 17.
PHILADELPHIA – A Maryland man who had filed litigation against a Montgomery County Mazda dealership and other entities after purchasing a sub-standard used automobile has now chosen to voluntarily dismiss his case.
HARRISBURG – An architect is suing the City of Harrisburg and a Maryland engineering firm over claims the City appropriated his draft chapters for developing a new comprehensive land plan.
PHILADELPHIA – A six-figure financial dispute between collectors of rare “Magic: The Gathering” playing cards that is centered on fraud accusations is heading to trial next month in a Philadelphia federal court.