PITTSBURGH – Summary judgment motions will soon be filed in a lawsuit filed by a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League – all of whom allege that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional.
PITTSBURGH – A West Virginia insurer who alleged that possible collusion between the defendants in an underlying lawsuit relating to coverage upon a fatal accident was attempting to perpetrate a fraud upon the company, has discontinued its case.
PHILADELPHIA – The National Football League has settled a lawsuit brought against both itself and ESPN that alleged safety violations were committed during the construction of a temporary stage, leading a New Jersey man to fall 30 feet and suffer severe bodily injuries.
HARRISBURG – Four plaintiffs who claimed they suffered permanent cardiac damage as a result of eating Hershey-brand black licorice candy, stand by their claims and have refuted the company’s attempt to dismiss the case.
MEDIA – A Ridley Park woman who claimed that a host of medical professionals failed to identify and diagnose her perforated ulcer and bowel necrosis, leading her to suffer permanent damage to her digestive tract, has passed away.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has rejected a Bethlehem hospital’s summary judgment attempt to dismiss itself from litigation alleging a series of medical professionals incorrectly performed a surgery which he claims resulted in his wife’s death from internal bleeding.
PHILADELPHIA – A Montgomery County man says he sustained a skull fracture when he slipped on an accumulated pool of water in a Folcroft flower shop, while browsing Mother’s Day flowers for his wife and accompanied by his son.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is seeking to dismiss civil rights violations claims from a local who man who alleged that a Philadelphia police officer committed a brutal assault against him, during his participation in protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who argued that he was defamed and painted as an illicit sexual predator by two individuals who provided a series of text messages between him and a young student to a rowing club who was considering hiring the plaintiff and later did not do so, recently withdrew his case.
PITTSBURGH – After one year, a Pittsburgh bar has responded to a woman’s allegations that she suffered a broken left arm and other injuries after falling while making a trip to its restroom, by seeking to strike all insinuations of recklessness from the complaint and therefore, liability for punitive damages against it.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, will be heading to trial in February.
PHILADELPHIA – The subject of a 2018 drug arrest who filed a malicious prosecution lawsuit against several Philadelphia Police Department officers, recently settled his claims against those officers.
PHILADELPHIA – A group of parents from Chester County and Delaware County have dropped claims against their local school district, over the district implementing a health and safety plan which included a mask mandate for students unless they received a religious or medical exemption and regular COVID-19 testing.
PITTSBURGH – 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, has withdrawn claims alleging his constitutional rights were violated.
