PHILADELPHIA – In litigation where defendants were accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits or a refund to a retailer who paid it nearly $2 million, third-party defendants named in a later version of the complaint have lost their attempt to be dismissed from it.
PHILADELPHIA – After a two-week trial, a jury has handed down a $43.5 million medical malpractice verdict to the former captain of the Philadelphia Eagles, finding that his doctors were negligent in their treatment of his 2017 knee injury and that it directly led to the end of his National Football League career.
PHILADELPHIA – The family of a mentally-ill man killed in a police-involved shooting in Plymouth Township have sued the municipality and ten of its police officers for survival and wrongful death.
MEDIA – After an arbitration session, a plaintiff of the Islamic faith has lost her case against a Delaware County pizza restaurant, which she alleged sent her an order of food containing pork, which her religion prevents her from consuming.
MEDIA – A New Jersey woman has reiterated medical malpractice claims against a number of Delaware County healthcare entities and professionals, for their alleged negligence which caused her late husband to die of a pulmonary embolism.
MEDIA – A Prospect Park physician denies all liability in a medical malpractice negligence lawsuit which alleged negligence on his part and that of other parties, which caused the plaintiff’s late husband to die of a pulmonary embolism.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man who witnessed a road rage-influenced motor vehicle accident in Upper Chichester Township that resulted in the death of one woman and who sued the man that allegedly caused the accident, has dismissed his case.
MEDIA – A Delaware County doctor insists that he was not properly served with negligence litigation surrounding a road rage-influenced motor vehicle accident in Upper Chichester Township, which resulted in one woman’s death.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple has settled claims with a local tire supplier and auto repair shop who they alleged had improperly conducted an oil change, leading to their vehicle later sustaining complete engine failure.
MEDIA – Counsel for a Delaware County pizza restaurant is seeking to compel answers to discovery requests from a plaintiff of the Islamic faith, who alleged the restaurant sent her an order of food containing pork, which her religion prevents her from consuming.
MEDIA – A Delaware County pizza restaurant denies that it caused emotional distress to a customer of the Islamic faith, who alleged the restaurant sent her an order of food containing pork, which her religion prevents her from consuming.
PITTSBURGH – A settlement has been reached in a state court-based insurance lawsuit filed by a deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone nearly two years ago.
MEDIA – A fatal motor vehicle collision and subsequent lawsuit in a Delaware County court has had a settlement in the action approved at a final amount of $200,000.
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.
MEDIA – A fatal motor vehicle collision and subsequent lawsuit in a Delaware County court may have a settlement in the action approved at a final amount of $200,000.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple claim a local tire supplier and auto repair shop improperly conducted an oil change, leading to their vehicle later sustaining complete engine failure.
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.
SCRANTON – A Walmart employee has apparently settled claims over right ankle, knee and calf injuries he suffered when he fell on the job, allegedly due to the negligent actions of a tractor-trailer driver.
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.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Nov. 23. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
