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The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Donna McCloskey against Bard Peripheral Vascular Inc., C R Bard Inc., Does 1 - 100 Inclusive and Mckesson Corp. on Aug. 20.
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PITTSBURGH – A battle over a $300,000 escrow deposit between a New York buyer and the owners of The Priory Hotel in Pittsburgh has reached a Pennsylvania state court.
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PHILADELPHIA – A guest at a University of Pennsylvania fraternity’s Halloween party in 2017, who sued after a lit marshmallow allegedly burned her on the back, withdrew her complaint shortly after filing it.
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Marion Court LLC and Moshe Attias against 532 Brooklyn LLC and Alain Kodsi on Feb. 28: 'Notice Of Removal By 532 Brooklyn, Llc, Alain Kodsi From Court Of Common Pleas Of Philadelphia County, Case Number 181003692. Certificate Of Service.(filing Fee $ 400 Receipt Number 193182) (attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheets)(ahf)'.
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity on Feb. 28 in the suits below:
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The following contract-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 28. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
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PHILADELPHIA – A guest at a University of Pennsylvania fraternity’s Halloween party is holding the group and its event organizers responsible for an incident in which a lit marshmallow allegedly burned her on the back.
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PHILADELPHIA – A New York man who allegedly suffered severe injuries after being struck in the face by a glass-wielding patron inside a Philadelphia nightclub has sued for damages, but defense counsel refutes the suit and says his only remedy is through the Dram Shop Act.
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A visitor from Brooklyn accuses a local motel of allowing an infestation of bedbugs.
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Organized Crime Ring Members who Fraudulently Obtained Thousands of PA License Plates Sentenced, Ordered to Collectively Pay $1.3 Million
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PHILADELPHIA – A New York man who allegedly suffered severe injuries after being struck in the side of the face by a fellow patron wielding a glass inside a Philadelphia nightclub has sued the establishment, its ownership and his alleged assailant.
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PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia tenant has alleged her back and knee injuries are the result of negligence on the part of a property owner with ties in both Philadelphia and New York City.
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PHILADELPHIA – A Feasterville reference laboratory alleges that a Brooklyn, New York, lab testing service business misappropriated its confidential information.
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MEDIA – A company supplying water for Darby Borough believes a court should sanction a landlord whose service was turned off, the same landlord who is also seeking damages for having to use the bathroom at a nearby McDonald’s restaurant.
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HARRISBURG – A trio of plaintiffs believe a York law firm and one of its attorneys committed legal malpractice in not securing a portion of their late grandfather’s estate.
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HARRISBURG — A man is suing an alleged assailant and other defendants, claiming he was the victim of an attack by an intoxicated patron in a restaurant, resulting in severe injuries, hospitalization and facial reconstruction surgery.
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The federal appeals court affirmed the trial court dismissal of a New York man and Pennsylvania landlord who claims a local municipality discriminated against him based on his country of ethnic origin.
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WASHINGTON – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decided in two separate cases
Aug. 24 that although publicly funded, the Hyde Leadership Charter School in
Brooklyn, New York, and the Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School, based in King of Prussia, are private corporations subject
to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has thrown out a motion to dismiss in a potential class action lawsuit involving a Brooklyn physician and the Swiftwater-based vaccination division of the Sanofi pharmaceutical company.
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PHILADELPHIA – A premises liability suit from a Brooklyn, N.Y. couple against several defendants based on an injuries fall occurring in December 2011 has been settled, per a praecipe from counsel for the couple.
