ALLENTOWN – For not responding to associated discovery requests, a Philadelphia law firm insists that sanctions be levied upon its former officer manager, a woman of Hispanic origin who alleged that she and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against during their tenure because of their ethnic background.
HARRISBURG – The Gap is looking to consolidate separate lawsuits concerning the same incident, where several Derry Township police officers allegedly committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
LANCASTER – A pair of shoppers at the Park City Mall who survived a shooting incident last October, but who were also trampled in the panic which ensued when the gun discharged inside the mall, have brought suit against the mall and its security company.
PITTSBURGH – A 16-year-old student and girls’ basketball player at Trinity High School contends she was the target of retaliation from school district officials, after she reported allegations of a sexual assault committed against another student by a member of the boys’ basketball team.
PHILADELPHIA – A chaplain with a gastrointestinal condition has settled litigation claiming she was discriminated against in her workplace because of that very same condition.
ALLENTOWN – A Missouri-based health care marketing firm has refuted counterclaims introduced by a Pennsylvania laboratory testing company, within a $1.4 million breach of contract action between the organizations.
WILKES-BARRE – A West Pittston podiatrist and his practice have officially denied all claims of negligence and medical malpractice levied against them by a Luzerne County physician who claimed that the former’s malpractice led to the amputation of his right leg.
PHILADELPHIA – A Doylestown couple who alleged that Costco is liable for severe bodily injuries suffered by the wife-plaintiff while shopping in the company’s store in North Wales, have agreed with the retailer to a limitation on damages.
PHILADELPHIA — A Penn Medicine worker alleges he was forced to resign in retaliation for requesting medical leave and accommodations. Thomas Lemon filed a complaint March 31 in the U.S.
PITTSBURGH — A bicyclist claims Columbia Gas and its contractor failed to fix a protrusion in the roadway caused by an underground gas line which caused her to suffer injuries. Margaret M.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man alleges in wrongful death litigation that a Delaware County vacation-planning company negligently contributed to the drowning death of his wife, during a vacation the two had taken to St. Martin to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.
PITTSBURGH – A New York City attorney has motioned for judgment on the pleadings in response to allegations that he and his firm provided inadequate representation to a former client, a Pennsylvania contractor who lost $1 million in an underlying bankruptcy action.
MEDIA – A Delaware County banquet hall owner who alleged that the City of Chester violated his constitutional rights by revoking a zoning permit issued to him based on erroneous information, has settled his claims.
PHILADELPHIA – A traffic system company defendant has filed a third-party complaint against a construction company it claims is responsible for injuries suffered by a local woman, who fell allegedly due to an overturned traffic control sign.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has dismissed with prejudice litigation from pre-trial detainees at Berks County Prison who alleged their constitutional rights were violated when the prison was locked down due to a COVID-19 outbreak.
PHILADELPHIA – An Adamstown factory has denied that it engaged in various forms of racial discrimination and harassment against one of its longtime machine operator and materials handlers.
PITTSBURGH – A Canonsburg couple say their child was born with severe bodily impairments after the delivery staff at St. Clair Hospital performed negligently during childbirth in September 2017.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a local rehabilitation center for delinquent youth has re-argued that the Forest County Court of Common Pleas would be the proper venue for litigation alleging that a Western Pennsylvania man was repeatedly assaulted both physically and sexually by staff members at the facility.
