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.
PHILADELPHIA – A Luzerne County man says that a pair of West Chester police officers used excessive force when arresting him two years ago, causing him to suffer a series of bodily injuries and the deprivation of his constitutional rights.
MEDIA – The daughters of a Delaware County nursing home resident contend that she was improperly cared for by the staff of the facility where she was living and that same level of sub-standard care is what directly caused her death, refuting assertions from the facility that it was not responsible for her passing.
MEDIA – After the parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at Folcroft Swim Club two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility, its insurance carrier has now filed additional litigation against both the club and the plaintiffs in the underlying wrongful death case.
MEDIA – A Delaware County health care entity denies that it provided subpar care to one of its residents, before and leading up to her death, the allegation of which is the crux of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it.
PHILADELPHIA — Two men who received citations for burning Trump campaign, Nazi, Confederate and Soviet Union flags at a political protest in West Chester are claiming civil rights violations.
MEDIA – Folcroft Swim Club has denied allegations of negligence and lax security levied by the parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at the facility two years ago and subsequently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the club.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of West Chester residents are appealing the dismissal of their suit against the municipality and its mayor and challenging the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PHILADELPHIA – A six-figure financial dispute between collectors of rare Magic: The Gathering playing cards resulted in a federal judge handing down a split verdict after a three-day bench trial in April, with the plaintiff being awarded more than $36,000.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County denies that it discriminated against a local chaplain with a gastrointestinal condition, arguing that there is no connection between her medical condition and any adverse employment consequences she may have suffered.
MCCONNELLSBURG – In response to the Pennsylvania Department of State’s decertification of Fulton County’s voting machines, an election integrity group has secured legal counsel to defend its action to conduct a post-election audit of those same machines.
MEDIA – The parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at the Folcroft Swim Club two years ago allege that the facility was negligent in maintaining its security, which they say allowed the tragic circumstances that resulted in their son’s death to take place.
MEDIA – A Delaware County health care entity is pursuing a judgment of non pros in wrongful death litigation accusing it of subpar care of one of its residents, before and leading up to her death.
PHILADELPHIA – The Borough of West Chester has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the municipality and its former mayor, which challenged the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has approved a default judgment in excess of $300,000 in favor of a nonprofit alternative transportation company working toward tube travel, who attempted to recover monies it said that its former treasurer embezzled from it.
ALLENTOWN – A New Jersey woman who suffered a broken elbow in the parking lot of a Lancaster County mountain retreat and alleged that the facility’s negligence in its maintenance and upkeep was responsible for the incident, has settled her claims with the retreat.
PHILADELPHIA – While the Borough of West Chester feels that a lawsuit filed against the municipality and its former mayor which challenged the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic is moot, the plaintiffs counter that the issue is not resolved.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A law firm’s legal action alleging numerous forms of wrongdoing, including the hacking and illegal procurement of protected emails, were committed by attorneys participating in and overseeing the NFL Concussion Litigation settlement has been stayed in a Florida federal court.
President of Helix Strategies, LLC, Dr. Ivy Buchan, will serve as an adjunct professor starting this fall for West Chester University of Pennsylvania in the Master of Public Administration Program, teaching Nonprofit Fundraising Essentials.
MEDIA – A Delaware County nursing home is seeking to strike claims of negligence and punitive damages from a wrongful death lawsuit contending that its staff improperly cared for one of its residents, before and leading up to her death.
