SCRANTON – A state court lawsuit alleges that a minor girl suffered a preventable case of appendicitis due to the negligence of a Scranton hospital and the initial physician that she and her family consulted with.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman who formerly worked at a law firm in that city settled litigation which alleged she was singled out for her work attire by a senior male colleague and later fired, but not officially reprimanded for the perceived “dress code violation.”
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit brought on behalf of a man who worked at Philadelphia International Airport and was fatally stabbed after a conflict with a co-worker, have had their motions to dismiss partially granted.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County is pursuing legal action against more than two dozen companies it accuses of polluting its groundwater through the use of its products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), with private counsel attached to the case to receive a 25 percent contingency fee from any damages recovered and the action recently being sent to a South Carolina court.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 18. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 11. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PITTSBURGH — The manufacturers and distributers of a bolter miner are facing a suit after a former mine worker was struck and crushed when the machine suddenly moved on its own. Jerry Michael Baker, Amy Baker, filed a complaint May 21 in the U.S.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 24. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
PHILADELPHIA – The owner and operator of Old City Beer Garden has filed suit against the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health Office of Food Protection and its officials, claiming the organization closed his business without proper justification and violated his procedural due process.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia federal court has declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims, brought by the estate of a man who suffered a severe medical episode and died in custody at the Montgomery County Correctional Facility.
MEDIA – A Ridley Park woman claims 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.
Workplace Safety Review, global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s OSHA podcast, has released episode 15, “Interview with Mark Catlin, Industrial Hygienist, MDC Consulting and Training.”
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 23. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 21. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "asbestos" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 9. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 2. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 1. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
ALLENTOWN – A nearly three-year-long legal battle centered on two Northampton County residents’ class action, public nuisance lawsuit against the Bethlehem Landfill Company was recently ended through voluntary dismissal, after it was learned the landfill wasn’t responsible for the acts alleged in their case.
SCRANTON – A local health care and hospital system alleges its lack of involvement in the events at issue should dismiss it from a lawsuit, where one of the plaintiffs was not timely diagnosed with Stage III pancreatic cancer.
