ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has dismissed litigation brought by a legal group and two law firms against TD Bank, which claimed that the bank was negligent and should have detected that the plaintiff’s employee had embezzled funds and deposited those funds at the bank.
PHILADELPHIA – HomeGoods and Richards Homewares deny they were responsible for the injuries allegedly caused to a Delaware County plaintiff by a malfunctioning shelf shower organizer, each asserting 29 affirmative defenses to that effect.
PHILADELPHIA – HomeGoods sold a defective shelf shower organizer which caused a Delaware County plaintiff to suffer serious eye injuries when it came apart in her bathroom during assembly, according to a lawsuit now in federal court.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Sept. 10. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Sept. 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Christian Garcia Alvarez against Fogo DE Chao Churrascaria (Pittsburgh) LLC on Sept. 10.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Christian Garcia Alvarez against Fogo DE Chao Churrascaria (Pittsburgh) LLC on Sept. 8.
PHILADELPHIA – Marriott is seeking to the transfer litigation filed by a New Jersey man concerning injuries he claims to have suffered as a result of falling in a guest room bathtub in one of its hotels in Oregon, to a federal court in the latter state.
PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey man is bringing the Marriott hospitality company to court for injuries he claims to have suffered as a result of falling in a guest room bathtub in one of their hotels in Oregon.
PHILADELPHIA – Allentown-based Lehigh Cement is facing a suit filed by eight states, the federal government and others alleging violations of the Clean Air Act at its manufacturing plants.
PHILADELPHIA – A cement worker is seeking negligence-related damages after allegedly being called upon to inspect a kiln pipe and the pipe burst, spewing red-hot kiln dust and covering him with third-degree burns over half of his body.
Several K&L Gates LLP lawyers from diverse backgrounds and offices across the K&L Gates platform recently have been honored for individual accomplishments within the legal industry.
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) – For years, the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas employed an improper practice of mandatory consolidation in asbestos cases despite restrictions being in place on the process, an asbestos defendant hit with a $1 million verdict is arguing.
A former Rite Aid Corporation Vice President and a New Jersey businessman have been charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in connection with a $14.6 million, surplus inventory sales/kickback scheme. Jay Findling, age 54, of Manalapan, N.J., is charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Former Rite Aid Vice President Timothy Foster, 65, of Portland, Ore., is