PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County art teacher alleges that she was transferred from teaching at the middle school level to the elementary school level as a result of age-related discrimination, in violation of federal law.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League, all of whom allege that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional, are now seeking summary judgment in their clients’ case.
PHILADELPHIA – After a federal judge dismissed a discrimination suit from Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups over Mayor Jim Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday, the case has been appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania contractor who says it lost over $1 million in an underlying bankruptcy lawsuit is now pursuing legal action against the lawyer it claims provided inadequate representation.
PITTSBURGH – Summary judgment motions will soon be filed in a lawsuit filed by a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League – all of whom allege that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who argued that he was defamed and painted as an illicit sexual predator by two individuals who provided a series of text messages between him and a young student to a rowing club who was considering hiring the plaintiff and later did not do so, recently withdrew his case.
PITTSBURGH – Advance Auto Parts has won summary judgment dismissal against a Pittsburgh man who suffered a broken hip during a fall which occurred in the parking lot of one of its local stores.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for two individuals who were said to have provided a series of text messages between a Pittsburgh man and a young rowing club student painting him as an illicit sexual predator and causing him to lose a job opportunity, have filed preliminary objections which attempt to call into doubt the veracity of the subsequent lawsuit’s defamation allegations.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted summary judgment to Travelers Insurance, defeating litigation from Delaware County where it sought insurance coverage to the tune of $32 million, for damages it alleged it suffered when a 12-ton panel fell on one of its parking garages and adjacent buildings.
PITTSBURGH – Advance Auto Parts wants summary judgment against a Pittsburgh man who suffered a broken hip during a fall which occurred in the parking lot of one of its local stores, saying the area where the fall occurred was not its responsibility to maintain.
PITTSBURGH – A mutual consent order of permanent injunction has ended defamation litigation from a Pittsburgh restaurant against one of its former servers, who had accused the business of multiple forms of wrongdoing on social media and elsewhere.
LANCASTER — A man is suing a commercial property owner for not having snow guards on its metal roof, which allegedly caused heavy snow to damage his classic Chevrolet automobile that was parked in a nearby property.
PITTSBURGH – A labor journalist has accused a series of newspaper union officials of defaming and discrediting him, after he published a statement alleging that a ranking union colleague of the defendants was a longtime sexual harasser on the job.
PITTSBURGH – After more than a year of inactivity, a state court judge’s ruling has breathed new life into a lawsuit filed by a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League - all of whom allege that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 28. 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 activity in the suit brought by Sophie Arno against April R. Lavin and Interstate Painting LLC on June 28: 'Complaint Against All Defendants ( Filing Fee $ 402 Receipt Number 0313-15218141.), Filed By Sophie Arno.(zibelman, Alan)'.
