PHILADELPHIA – On Monday, a federal judge granted summary judgment to Pfizer, Inc., stating a plaintiff who alleged taking the company’s drug Neurontin led him to attempt suicide could not substantiate those claims without expert testimony.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal court has ruled a Philadelphia firefighter will not be permitted to renege on a previously reached settlement agreement, in order to effect further modifications to it.
A former employee of a Chester County hospital system alleging illegal discrimination and wrongful termination under a variety of federal and state laws has had her claims dismissed in federal court.
PHILADELPHIA – A California winery is suing two Pennsylvania companies for the alleged unauthorized use of its federally trademarked name on their own products.
PITTSBURGH — A woman who worked as a truck driver is suing a former employer over claims of gender discrimination that allegedly culminated in harassment and wrongful termination.
PHILADELPHIA – A city councilman has won summary judgment in a complaint alleging he violated a real estate company’s constitutional right to equal protection by improperly influencing the sale of City-owned land, and depriving the plaintiff of the opportunity to participate in a competitive bidding process.
SCRANTON – A Pennsylvania woman is suing a Montgomeryville health care business, alleging she was fired for objecting to her supervisor’s sexual harassment.
HARRISBURG – Due to “lack of standing”, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has denied a petition from four female alumnae of Wilson College, who appealed a Pennsylvania Department of Education order allowing the school to become fully coeducational.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court upheld a trial court decision which granted summary judgment to a Philadelphia police officer, against a man who felt he had been wrongly arrested and imprisoned.
An aspiring firefighter and former laborer for Philadelphia's Streets Department who filed a race discrimination suit against various city officials under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, has now had that suit dismissed in federal court.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled all but one of a blood glucose monitoring equipment company’s antitrust claims against one of its chief rivals is "plausible."
PHILADELPHIA – A Sharon Hill woman is suing a Lima geriatric center at which she was a patient over negligence claims, alleging she was denied the help and medical attention that she needed.
PHILADELPHIA – Two New Jersey men are suing their former employer alleging they were not compensated for time worked and that they were unfairly terminated.
A fatal food truck explosion in Philadelphia last year has resulted in a negligence lawsuit from bystanders caught in the resulting blaze, and has both sides arguing over the direction, status and claims of the case.
