PITTSBURGH – A Homestead restaurant has disavowed itself of liability for the circumstances leading to a woman suffering three chipped and broken teeth allegedly because of ceramic shards being in her salad.
HARRISBURG – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has stayed a lower court’s ruling declaring Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus emergency measures unconstitutional while the appeal process continues, thereby keeping restrictions on crowd sizes relating to the pandemic in place.
PITTSBURGH – A series of construction companies continue to claim they were deprived of constitutional due process by top state authorities, during their enforcement of shutdown orders meant to contain the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
PITTSBURGH – The mother of two minor daughters who attended a Christian academy in Western Pennsylvania has leveled charges that her children were subjected to racist and discriminatory treatment based upon their multi-racial heritage.
PITTSBURGH – Federal defendants are seeking to dismiss counts from litigation brought by a pair of brothers from Western Pennsylvania and their dairy farm, which lodged formal action over a dispute concerning a loan process the farm was involved in, and a subsequent sheriff’s sale on their property.
HARRISBURG – In a first-ever repudiation of policies taken by top state officials to protect the public during the coronavirus pandemic, a federal judge has declared parts of Gov. Tom Wolf’s virus prevention strategies to be unconstitutional.
PITTSBURGH – A woman who suffered three chipped and broken teeth as a result of broken ceramic shards in her salad has sued the restaurant where the incident took place.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Sherry Lynn against XTO Energy Inc. on Aug. 28.
ERIE – A former Pennsylvania resident currently living in Michigan is suing Venango County authorities, for allegedly failing to protect him from a fellow inmate who broke his jaw and necessitated him having facial reconstructive surgery.
PITTSBURGH – The owner of a salvage yard wrapped up in a premises liability lawsuit from a man allegedly crushed by a 1,200-pound mechanical metal gate has been denied summary judgment in an Allegheny County court.
The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on July 8. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Maria Omstead Wagner against Moody National FFI Butler PA LLC on July 8: 'Notice Of Appearance By Nicholas J. Godfrey On Behalf Of Moody National Ffi Butler Pa, Llc. (godfrey, Nicholas)'.
PITTSBURGH – A Butler woman and her husband have been ordered to comply with a plastic bag distributor and manufacturer’s discovery requests, in a lawsuit where the wife-plaintiff needed surgery to repair her finger after it was torn by a Walmart grocery bag.
PITTSBURGH – A pair of brothers from Western Pennsylvania and their dairy farm are lodging formal action against a state bank and officials representing the Farm Service Agency, over a dispute concerning a loan process the farm was involved in and a subsequent sheriff’s sale on their property.
PHILADELPHIA – Slander and libel litigation recently filed by a nursing home management company against an Alabama woman alleged to have made a Facebook post which spread false information concerning the plaintiffs during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, has been voluntarily dismissed.
PITTSBURGH – A group of construction companies is suing Gov. Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Rachel Levine, contending that state authorities enforcing shutdown orders for the coronavirus pandemic have deprived it of due process.
PITTSBURGH – Walmart says that due to a lack of response to its requests for discovery material, it has been prejudiced from defending itself in a lawsuit brought against it by a Butler woman, who needed surgery to repair her finger after it was torn by a grocery bag.
PHILADELPHIA – A nursing home management company and a home under its auspices have filed a slander and libel lawsuit against an Alabama woman, who is said to have made a Facebook post which spread false information concerning the plaintiffs during the worldwide coronavirus pandemic.
