PITTSBURGH – Summary judgment motions will soon be filed in a lawsuit filed by a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League – all of whom allege that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional.
PITTSBURGH – Uber denies all liability in a Carnegie man’s litigation against the ride-share company, which alleged that the plaintiff and his friends were nearly killed by their driver in a ride-gone-wrong.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania math teacher contends that he has been falsely accused of sexually abusing his students and defamed as to the same, despite his denials that he committed the abuse and law enforcement finding no evidence of his wrongdoing.
PITTSBURGH – A Carnegie man’s litigation against Uber, filed after he said he and his friends were nearly killed by their driver, has been remanded to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
PITTSBURGH – Uber’s attempt to dismiss litigation from a Carnegie man who said that he and his friends were nearly killed by their driver has been defeated, for now, by a federal judge’s ruling.
PHILADELPHIA – A Delaware County couple who alleged that the husband-plaintiff was seriously injured when a security door opened into his head at the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, have settled their claims connected to that incident.
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.
PHILADELPHIA – While a Delaware County couple claim that a security door at the Federal Reserve Bank in Philadelphia opened into the husband-plaintiff’s head and injured him, the defendants are pointing fingers at one another, claiming the other is liable for the plaintiffs’ injuries.
PITTSBURGH – The parents of a Pittsburgh-area high school student claim their son was discriminated against on the basis of his race and ethnicity, as his school supposedly failed to address the pervasive bullying he was experiencing and caused him to be afflicted with an eating disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder.
SCRANTON – Geisinger Medical Center denies allegations from a pair of plaintiffs that it caused a Carbondale woman in its care two years ago to die of cardiac arrest.
HARRISBURG – A local Chinese restaurant owner has settled claims against the Borough of Middletown, closing litigation which asserted that the Borough sought to prevent the plaintiff from opening and conducting daily business operations.
PHILADELPHIA – Amazon answered litigation from a Florida woman who alleged that while on the job, she suffered severe shoulder, knee and back injuries at an Amazon warehouse, citing a lack of basis in her negligence allegations and bringing cross-claims against its fellow defendants.
HARRISBURG – Due to the preliminary reaching of a settlement agreement, a federal judge has stayed litigation filed against the Borough of Middletown by a local Chinese restaurant owner, which asserted that the Borough sought to prevent the plaintiff from opening and conducting daily business operations.
MEDIA – A Dominican Republic resort argues that a Delaware couple’s injury lawsuit against it should be dismissed without prejudice on jurisdictional grounds, since the alleged events in question took place in that Caribbean country and not Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA — A former Wawa employee who is a transgender male claims he faced harassment and discrimination while working at one of its stores in Cinnaminson.
PHILADELPHIA – Amazon and a Rhode Island-based building company objected to litigation from a Florida woman who alleged that while on the job, she suffered severe shoulder, knee and back injuries at an Amazon warehouse, citing a lack of specificity in her negligence claims.
PHILADELPHIA – A Florida woman alleges that while on the job, she suffered severe shoulder, knee and back injuries at an Amazon warehouse in Fairless Hills, when she fell on the property due to an errant lag bolt.
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.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on July 12. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
