MEDIA – Parents who lost their baby in utero while the mother was 29 weeks pregnant and claimed that Crozer medical entities did not ensure the health of the fetus, now seek to amend their complaint upon learning the name of one of the defendant’s employers.
PITTSBURGH – A Whitehall Borough store owner who claimed that local policy towards skill machines and mechanical device licenses was being selectively enforced against him in violation of state and federal law, has dismissed his case.
PHILADELPHIA – A teenager who alleged that one of its managers showed her sexually graphic photos on his phone during her job interview is opposing an attempt by McDonald’s to secure a summary judgment ruling and dismiss her claims.
PHILADELPHIA — A woman alleges City of Philadelphia police officers had the wrong address when they entered her home with a search warrant.Florence Fourcade filed a complaint Dec. 23 in the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court has ruled that Millersville University will face a wrongful death lawsuit from the parents of a student murdered on campus by her boyfriend in February 2015.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania contractor who says it lost over $1 million in an underlying bankruptcy lawsuit is now pursuing legal action against the lawyer it claims provided inadequate representation.
PITTSBURGH – A Christian private school denies allegations that it discriminated against a 16 year-old student on the basis of his race and ethnicity, through its alleged failure to prevent bullying he experienced, which later led him to develop an eating disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
ALLENTOWN – For a second time, the Reading Recreation Commission seeks to end litigation that one of its former employees committed repeated acts of sexual abuse against a then-11-year-old girl, and that it both failed to stop the abuse from happening and violated the plaintiff’s constitutional rights in the process.
PITTSBURGH – Ambridge Area School District discounts claims that it violated the civil rights of a 14-year-old African-American and special needs student at Ambridge High School, who claims he was kicked off the football team for participating in an angry exchange with a teammate who had bullied him on Snapchat.
PHILADELPHIA – A slip-and-fall injury suit against Federal Express which has attracted the attention of a leading organization for trial lawyers in Pennsylvania, is headed for trial this June.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has reversed and remanded a motion calling for the disqualification of a Scranton law firm, in representing a plaintiff in an underlying personal injury action in a Lackawanna County court.
PITTSBURGH – A retired schoolteacher from Maryland denies that she defamed a Pennsylvania private school educator accused of sexually abusing his students, finding the plaintiff’s claims of defamation, tortious interference and others levied against her to be without merit.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a Cranberry Township woman who allegedly nixed a $1 million bequest from her deceased lover to one of his best friends, rejects what she sees as a series of legally insufficient claims lodged in the second version of the complaint.
MEDIA – An Upper Darby tavern denies responsibility for injuries suffered by a Philadelphia woman who was shot by another one of its patrons, after attending a birthday party at the establishment.
PHILADELPHIA — A former Philadelphia Parks and Recreation Department worker alleges the department wrongfully terminated him and illegally delayed his FMLA request.
HARRISBURG – According to a recent opinion from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, a Delaware County school district’s decision to expel a student over a violently-themed Snapchat post violated that student’s free speech rights as protected by the U.S. Constitution.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh bar has countered a woman’s allegations that she suffered a broken left arm and other injuries after falling while making a trip to its restroom, by maintaining that she failed to mitigate her damages.
PHILADELPHIA – Bayer and Merck have been dismissed from litigation which alleged that they, along with Walmart and Beiersdorf, were collectively liable for severe burns a Montgomery County woman allegedly suffered after using Coppertone sunscreen.
PITTSBURGH – A Neville Township scrap metal processing facility denies allegations from a class action lawsuit which claims that it emits noxious odors, particulates and imposes noise on a number of surrounding area homeowners.
