PHILADELPHIA – A local man maintains he was the victim of excessive force from a member of the Philadelphia Police Department two years ago, when an officer shot him three times during his suffering of a mental health episode.
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a man who spent over 12 years in prison for murder and was later exonerated, who then sued the City of Philadelphia and a former Philadelphia Police Department detective whom he alleges sexually assaulted him, has now been consolidated with other actions against that same, now-incarcerated former detective.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has denied the defense’s preliminary objections, in a wrongful death lawsuit surrounding the drowning death of the plaintiff’s wife, during a vacation the two had taken to St. Martin to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.
PITTSBURGH – Westmoreland County authorities are seeking summary judgment, in a harassment and professional retaliation suit from the former warden of the county’s prison.
PITTSBURGH – A local middle school student alleges that negligent placement of a metal bleacher bench by the Upper St. Clair School District, resulted in his suffering a series of severe leg injuries when he collided with that same bench.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted motions to dismiss from several defendants, in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison.
PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak has asked for 60 days in which to complete what it refers to as necessary discovery and depositions, in a suit brought by one of its employees under the Federal Railroad Safety Act, after the plaintiff allegedly faced intimidation and bullying from a supervisor, subsequent to suffering an on-the-job injury.
SCRANTON – The University of Scranton’s Faculty Affairs Council contends that the institution was right to fire a former professor, the latter of whom has charged that his constitutional rights to privacy and bodily autonomy were violated when the institution attempted to force him to disclose his COVID-19 vaccination status.
PHILADELPHIA – A local jury found for the City of Philadelphia in litigation brought by a former inmate of SCI-Graterford, who claimed local law enforcement officials did not take proper care in transporting him and others who were confined to wheelchairs – leading him to suffer a concussion, chest and spinal injuries.
MEDIA – A Florida woman alleges she was violently assaulted by staff members of an Upper Darby hookah lounge, and in response has filed suit in a Delaware County court seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man alleges he was assaulted and battered by a series of corrections officers while in custody at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility two years ago.
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio rail company has resolved claims connected to the death of a 15-year-old girl, who was struck by a train while crossing a railroad bridge in South Fayette Township nearly three years ago.
PITTSBURGH – A nursing home employee who alleged that the managing companies of the facility engaged in false advertising and categorical underpayment of their “Weekend Warrior”-level staff, maintains for the second time that the case should retain jurisdiction in Allegheny County.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman has reiterated that she suffered head, wrist and other injuries when she fell off a stretcher being operated by a local ambulance service.
PITTSBURGH – A plaintiff claims that a local man and father of five children who was residing at a rehabilitation center for those dealing with homelessness, mental illness or dependency issues died from an accidental overdose, and that the defendants negligently failed to prevent his tragic death.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area museum’s curator has reiterated claims that she suffered severe injuries in a fall on the center’s grounds, due to an alleged defectively-constructed staircase which also lacked a handrail.
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County couple allege that the husband-plaintiff suffered a myriad of serious injuries, when he fell through a floor opening and landed on a stack of drywall and a concrete floor.
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a Southern New Jersey man has sued the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), alleging that the agency failed to protect him in his work as a conductor and subsequently led him to contract a two year-long and fatal case of COVID-19.
LANCASTER – A New Jersey woman reiterates that she was injured in a Lancaster inn, when the mirror which was hanging up in her hotel room fell from the wall and landed on her.