MEDIA – A Philadelphia man says an unknown liquid on the premises of the Haverford Community Center caused him to both slip and fall, and become seriously injured.
PHILADELPHIA – A trio of veterinary care defendants deny they wrongfully refused to accommodate the mental health-related conditions of a care technician, before allegedly terminating her, in response to the vet tech’s litigation.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a local couple and a pair of gym equipment companies over alleged negligence where one of them was caused to fall from a piece of fitness equipment and suffer injuries, has been settled.
PITTSBURGH – The City of Clairton has filed preliminary objections to a lawsuit brought by a Clairton municipal service provider and two borough citizens regarding its acquisition of the sewer system, alleging its claims have been insufficiently pled.
Landlords and tenants in the Western District of Pennsylvania are advised that the federal order issued by the Centers for Disease Control ("CDC") temporarily halting residential evictions of covered persons for nonpayment of rent has been extended to January 31, 2021, U.S. Attorney Scott Brady announced.
PITTSBURGH – Through mutual agreement of all parties concerned, damages in the case of a deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone have been capped at $75,000, thereby preventing the case’s removal to federal court.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh care facility denies it wrongfully terminated a certified nursing assistant who claims she was exposed to COVID-19 and requested to quarantine for 14 days but was instead fired.
PITTSBURGH – Hampton by Hilton and Hilton Worldwide, Inc. have been dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a Wynnewood woman who claims a variety of hotel defendants are liable for an assault she says suffered at the Hampton Inn Pittsburgh two years ago, one which caused her to have sustained severe skull and neurocognitive injuries.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 23. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
ALLENTOWN – Montgomery County health authorities argue that a federal lawsuit brought by a group of citizens, claiming the lives of schoolchildren are being negatively impacted by a switch from in-person learning to virtual learning, is moot and should be dismissed for failure to state a claim.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Washington Crown Center Realty Holding LLC against Hollywood Theaters Inc. on Dec. 23.
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation – did not show he engaged in protected activity under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Act.
HARRISBURG – After a federal judge’s recent rejection of their bid to prevent enforcement of Gov. Tom Wolf’s face mask mandate statewide and the state’s contact tracking system for COVID-19, two Pennsylvania couples have appealed the denial to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
ERIE – A Western Pennsylvania energy provider is suing an Indiana County municipality in federal court for the second time, in order to reverse its law banning shale gas drilling waste injection wells.
PITTSBURGH – The City of Clairton is petitioning to send a lawsuit regarding its acquisition of the sewer system, brought by a Clairton municipal service provider and two borough citizens, to the local county court’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center.
HARRISBURG – A three-judge panel of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the popular Camelback Resort’s failure to file proper post-trial motions has stopped an appeal, which sought reconsideration of a trial court decision to bar it from putting up a sign in a space it shares with another entity.
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that Pennsylvania’s at-will employment status bars the violation of public policy claim brought by a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation.
