PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has denied the defense’s preliminary objections, in a wrongful death lawsuit surrounding the drowning death of the plaintiff’s wife, during a vacation the two had taken to St. Martin to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted motions to dismiss from several defendants, in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area museum’s curator has reiterated claims that she suffered severe injuries in a fall on the center’s grounds, due to an alleged defectively-constructed staircase which also lacked a handrail.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Allstate Vehicle & Property Insurance Company against Akousa Wilson, Calvin Winkelman and City of Philadelphia on Jan. 20: 'Summons Issued As To City Of Philadelphia, Akousa Wilson, Calvin Winkelman. Emailed To: Counsel On 1/20/23 (jaa, ) (entered: 01/20/2023)'.
HARRISBURG – The Borough of Camp Hill and three of its officials have rejected accusations that they violated the First Amendment rights of a Republican group and two of its citizens through the borough’s sign ordinance.
LANCASTER – A Canadian manufacturer is seeking the finalization of a $1,000 settlement, for injuries sustained by a Lancaster child after she was injured by a microwaved stuffed animal.
PITTSBURGH – A California man who claimed that he was defrauded of $90,000 he paid to an Israeli lawyer and jewelry company founder, under the pretense that they were to form a professional and potentially romantic partnership, has been granted a default judgment of $190,000.
SCRANTON – Amazon has denied allegations of negligence lodged by a Montgomery County woman who slipped on ice at one of its fulfillment centers in Hazelton.
PITTSBURGH – A California man claims that he was defrauded of $90,000 he paid to an Israeli lawyer and jewelry company founder, under the pretense that they were to form a professional and potentially romantic partnership.
WILLIAMSPORT – A federal judge has sustained discovery objections from Geisinger Health and ordered plaintiffs to identify the job categories that fall within the definition of “Healthcare Workers” – in a class action lawsuit against the company and Evangelical Community Hospital, which claimed the Pennsylvania hospitals engaged in a secret “no-poach agreement” that suppressed professional mobility and salaries in Central Pennsylvania.
SCRANTON – A man with a supposed history of violent behavior towards his colleagues and who allegedly assaulted a licensed practical nurse at work, denies the allegations against him in an answer to the plaintiff’s complaint.
PHILADELPHIA – A trio of defendants are seeking to have litigation brought by a Central Pennsylvania couple surrounding extensive ocular injuries the husband-plaintiff suffered after a baseball allegedly ripped through polyethylene safety netting and struck him in the right eye, transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURGH – Uber has answered litigation from a Western Pennsylvania man who claimed he and his friends were nearly killed by their driver in a ride-gone-wrong, arguing that his lawsuit fails to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.
SCRANTON – A Montgomery County woman who slipped on ice at an Amazon Fulfillment Center in Hazelton has launched litigation against the retailer for negligence.
SCRANTON – A Lackawanna County judge has authorized withdrawal of preliminary objections from a man accused of a violent assault towards one of his colleagues, a licensed practical nurse who brought litigation against him and other officials from her employer’s company.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially granted a stay to two police defendants from their involvement in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison – since they feel their testimony may be used against them in another criminal case.
SCRANTON – Due to the death of a plaintiff, one representing the estate of a Carbondale woman who passed away from cardiac arrest three years ago while in the care of Geisinger Medical Center, another individual has been substituted to stand in for the litigation.
MEDIA – A Dominican Republic resort argues that it is not responsible for injuries suffered by one-half of a Delaware couple, when the husband-plaintiff slipped on a wet staircase and suffered injuries to his ribs, shoulders and spine.
