PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling, which found that Pennsylvania state law and a related injunction bars the City of Philadelphia from enforcing its ban on sales of flavored cigars.
PITTSBURGH – A housing community owner who alleged that its neighbor’s construction caused nearly $250,000 in severe damage to retaining walls and surrounding property and wants a default judgment in that same amount, denies the answering material from two of the case’s defendants.
PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel argues that it is not liable for a Glassport man’s injuries, which allegedly took place while he was working at the company’s plant in Clairton.
PITTSBURGH – Jefferson-Morgan School District is attempting to have dismissed a lawsuit brought against it by the father of a varsity high school football player, due to his being barred from the campus and football stadium after he asked the head coach to resign following a game last year.
ERIE – An Erie man has launched litigation against the U.S. government and the Department of Veterans Affairs, claiming that they negligently failed to pronounce an early diagnosis of his prostate cancer.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has cited the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act in denying responsibility and liability for claims asserted by a local corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated, when he was disciplined for speech made in a Facebook post to call for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches.
MEDIA – After a Delaware County woman pursuing legal action against her former attorney for the second time over allegedly misappropriated trust funds was granted a default judgment, she now seeks a judge to consider her petition to assess the full amount of damages.
PITTSBURGH – Uber denies all liability in a Carnegie man’s litigation against the ride-share company, which alleged that the plaintiff and his friends were nearly killed by their driver in a ride-gone-wrong.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a financial services group’s motion to dismiss a race and sex discrimination lawsuit filed against it by one of its former employees, and instead converted the defendant’s motion to one for summary judgment.
MEDIA – A Delaware County banquet hall owner alleges that the City of Chester has violated his constitutional rights by revoking a zoning permit issued to him, based on erroneous information.
PITTSBURGH – Louisiana-based defendants deny class action allegations from workers at Shell Oil Company that they did not receive time-and-a-half compensation when they worked overtime hours.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a former student who was attacked by a classmate in his special academic program and the Haverford Area School District has been settled.
PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program has reversed the City of Philadelphia’s decision to decertify Devault Group, Inc. as a disadvantaged business enterprise, the center point of litigation between the company, the City and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
HARRISBURG – Due to a question of subject matter jurisdiction, a federal judge has sent litigation pitting a natural gas company against West Rockhill Township and a group of ecologically-concerned citizens to the Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board for further proceedings.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania math teacher contends that he has been falsely accused of sexually abusing his students and defamed as to the same, despite his denials that he committed the abuse and law enforcement finding no evidence of his wrongdoing.
