MEDIA – A deceased woman’s estate has restated claims that her death was caused by a number of Delaware County health care entities who improperly administered her an epidural injection.
PHILADELPHIA – Per a state Attorney General’s Office investigation, Cheltenham Township is seeking to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars it says it paid to a planning, engineering and architecture firm, one which allegedly overbilled its clients.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who was awarded $15,000 by a Pittsburgh jury after he sued his former employer, a fireworks company, for allegedly failing to accommodate his condition of claustrophobia, is now petitioning for a further award of more than $283,000 in attorney’s fees and costs.
PHILADELPHIA – For the second time, Pottstown Hospital and Tower Health deny any and all liability for excessive force injuries that a Chester County woman allegedly suffered when she was arrested at the hospital two years ago.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit against MMA Capital Holdings, Inc. and its Board of Directors, which claimed the defendants withheld key information about a proposed merger between itself and two other corporations, has been voluntarily dismissed.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania saw retailer denies charges that it was negligent in marketing an up-cut saw, which was allegedly defective and severed a man’s right hand just above his wrist during his work.
PHILADELPHIA – In adding to a schism among the country’s federal appellate courts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ruled Thursday that the U.S. government requires judicial approval to dismiss a whistleblower’s health care fraud case, brought on its behalf.
PITTSBURGH – A Blairsville couple allege that a Flying Fairy toy purchased at a local Walmart store was defectively designed and when launched, collided with one of the plaintiff’s eyes and caused extensive ocular injuries.
PITTSBURGH – Target Corporation’s attempt to dismiss punitive damages from litigation brought by the mother of a two-year-old girl burned by an allegedly faulty Instant Pot pressure cooking device was not successful, per a federal judge’s ruling.
SCRANTON – After a man who was the subject of a civil rights and discrimination lawsuit brought against York County Prison and several of its correctional officials was later found dead, and after his family members did not take his place within the prescribed time period, a judge has recommended the case be dismissed.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge determined that plaintiffs in a class action will be able to conduct limited discovery towards an arbitration motion filed by an Illinois online lender which allegedly charged usurious interest rates on loans it offered to its customers.
PITTSBURGH – An employee of a carpet cleaning service who claimed he was wrongfully terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he objected to working in areas where social distancing and wearing of protective personal equipment was not being practiced, has seen his case dismissed in state court.
PHILADELPHIA – The mother of a boy who was crushed by an arcade game machine at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Philadelphia has filed a lawsuit on his behalf, arguing that the manufacturer of the allegedly defective machine committed negligence.
MEDIA – Three defendants deny liability for injuries a Ridley Park woman suffered, when medical professionals allegedly failed to identify and diagnose her perforated ulcer and bowel necrosis, leading her to suffer permanent damage to her digestive tract.
SCRANTON – A local woman has reiterated claims that she developed glaucoma, corneal ulcers and other ocular conditions due to professional negligence on the part of her ophthalmologist, after undergoing Lasik eye surgery.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge recently ordered that litigation between a former student who was attacked by a classmate in his special academic program and the Haverford Area School District has been stayed, pending its resolution through settlement.
PITTSBURGH – Advance Auto Parts has won summary judgment dismissal against a Pittsburgh man who suffered a broken hip during a fall which occurred in the parking lot of one of its local stores.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially dismissed two claims from a suit filed 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.
