PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man says he and his friends were nearly killed by their Uber driver, when the driver ordered them all out of the vehicle, chased them and discharged a firearm very close to the plaintiff’s head.
HARRISBURG – The United States of America reiterates its argument that litigation from a Black-owned EMS ambulance company in Western Pennsylvania which alleged it faced a conspiracy of racial discrimination on the part of the government, should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction and failure to state a claim.
PHILADELPHIA – After denying that it discriminated against a local chaplain with a gastrointestinal condition, Delaware County is seeking to compel that same chaplain plaintiff to respond to its discovery inquiries, claiming that its ability to build a defense is prejudiced until it does so.
PHILADELPHIA – A corporate defendant named in a lawsuit filed by an election poll worker, which alleged she suffered a broken arm when she was asked to repair a faulty voting machine herself, has said that any liability should instead be directed to its co-defendants.
PHILADELPHIA – A King of Prussia woman is seeking to obtain a default judgment against a corrections officer defendant, in a case alleging she was assaulted by a series of such officers at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility.
HARRISBURG - Justin Derr-Carney filed a federal complaint on October 14 in the Middle District of Pennsylvania against Sony Corporation of America, Sony Group Corporation and VooPoo for products liability.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman’s lawsuit against Giant Eagle and Johnson & Johnson for her development of ovarian cancer, after she used the latter’s talc-based personal hygiene products for more than half of her life, may be stayed due to a notice of bankruptcy filing recently introduced by the defense.
HARRISBURG – A panel trio from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has removed a prior finding of nonsuit and ordered a new trial, in a case brought by the parents of a four year-old child who died after being treated for pneumonia at Einstein Hospital in 2015.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has approved a settlement agreement made between a former mail carrier and the U.S. Postal Service, finding that it did not violate the tenets of the Fair Labor Standards Act and further OK’ing an award of attorney’s fees.
PHILADELPHIA – According to a federal judge, a teenager who alleged in a lawsuit that a McDonald’s restaurant manager showed her sexually graphic photos on his phone during her job interview, will only be permitted to proceed anonymously through the remainder of discovery.
PITTSBURGH – After more than a year, Bed Bath & Beyond has answered a lawsuit brought by an Allegheny County man, who said his young daughter suffered a head injury and facial scarring after she hit her head on the sharp, angular edge of a restroom’s free-standing sink at its Monroeville store.
PHILADELPHIA – A Georgia man says he was sexually assaulted by a Spirit Airlines flight attendant during a plane trip from Myrtle Beach, S.C. to Philadelphia and has filed damages against both the airline and attendant in question.
PITTSBURGH – Two minor-age members of the Greater Latrobe High School wrestling team have denied that they engaged in hazing and sexual assault against a teammate of theirs, with counsel for one of the boys labeling the incident that took place as “kids play.”
PITTSBURGH – A Verona woman whose son was murdered by a Pittsburgh-area man, a one-time college classmate previously diagnosed with severe psychiatric illness and violent impulses, is seeking a default judgment in her wrongful death lawsuit connected to those events.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia’s Licenses and Inspections Department denies it has engaged in a campaign of unfair treatment against a local man for years, culminating in the Department demolishing two of his properties located adjacent to the scene of a fire in October 2019.
HARRISBURG – The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, a Republican state representative and a group of parents have seen their efforts to overturn a statewide school mask mandate issued by the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf, bolstered in the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.
MEDIA – The mayor of Eddystone and a borough council member not only deny allegations that they removed a member of the Civil Service Commission from his post and defamed him during a council meeting regarding his alleged criminal record, but have motioned for a judgment on the pleadings and the case’s dismissal.
PITTSBURGH – Walmart has countered that there is no truth to claims made by the daughter and husband of a deceased Beaver Falls woman, surrounding alleged negligence pertaining to severe leg injuries the decedent suffered in one of its local stores prior to her passing.
PHILADELPHIA – A former employee for East Bradford Township’s Public Works Department alleges he was retaliated against and fired when he reported dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a trio of motions for summary judgment from the parent companies of TGI Friday’s and Delta Airlines, named in litigation brought by a sky marshal who was allegedly sexually assaulted by an intoxicated passenger on her flight from Pittsburgh to Atlanta in 2018.
