PITTSBURGH — A former Pennsylvania Department of Corrections officer claims she suffered sexual harassment from her male co-workers. Kristy Lamber filed a complaint Dec. 7 in the U.S.
PITTSBURGH – The state’s Department of Corrections has asserted qualified immunity against claims from a Western Pennsylvania corrections officer who claimed he was discriminated against for his disability of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and not provided proper accommodations when taking a written test required for his role.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania corrections officer alleges he was discriminated against for his disability of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and not provided proper accommodations when taking a written test required for his role.
HARRISBURG – In a 6-1 decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has concurred with a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation appeal looking to reverse a decision from the Commonwealth Court – which had found an unmined coal estate adjacent to highway construction was illegally seized by state transport authorities through eminent domain.
PHILADLEPHIA – Counsel for an Oregon safety director who fell into a five-foot-deep road construction hole below Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and was severely injured, is now seeking default judgment against the professional and governmental defendant entities.
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has transferred a state prisoner’s complaint over the legality of his mail service to the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – An Oregon safety director who fell into a five-foot-deep road construction hole below Interstate 95 in Philadelphia and was severely injured, has sued the professional and governmental entities he feels are liable.
JOHNSTOWN – A Western Pennsylvania group of medical centers has filed a class action lawsuit against Travelers Insurance Company, alleging the insurer has not covered losses incurred by the center and other businesses like it during the coronavirus pandemic.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by William Berkebile against Firstenergy Corp. on March 27.
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a man shot and killed outside a Philadelphia bar by one of its employees who was allegedly intoxicated is accusing the establishment of negligence.
PITTSBURGH – In the wake of the recent release of a state grand jury report on the subject of child sexual abuse at the hands of clergy in Pennsylvania, a Pittsburgh-area man and two former area residents have launched legal action against the Diocese of Pittsburgh, claiming it fraudulently concealed their abuse and that of other victims.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple engaged in litigation over their property and its use by a Western Pennsylvania power company as part of a route for directing electricity through the placement of high-voltage power lines, adds they have now been advised that the current preferred route would not impact the property.
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has upheld a Somerset County order granting summary judgment in favor of Somerset Hospital in an appeal filed by a surgeon who allegedly performed two procedures at the hospital without permission.
JOHNSTOWN – A national banking association alleges two brothers, one residing in Texas and the other in Somerset, schemed to improperly obtain and retain funds from it.
HARRISBURG – The dismissal of a lawsuit filed after a man who fell from a chairlift and was injured at Seven Springs Mountain Resort Inc. was upheld in an Aug. 7 ruling from the state Superior Court.
