The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by 4431 Inc. against THE Cincinnati Insurance Company on Sept. 8.
PITTSBURGH – A local coffee house owner argues his lawsuit against a Pittsburgh news station for broadcasting a story in which he was accused of sexual harassment by former employees should not be transferred to Allegheny County’s complex litigation center.
PITTSBURGH – A New Jersey-based plumbing parts company says a Pittsburgh competitor which is suing it for fraud needs to be hit with an injunction to stop distributing copies of the lawsuit to other businesses in their industry.
United States Attorney William M. McSwain announced that Keystone Health Plan East, Inc. and QCC Insurance Company, Inc. (collectively referred to as “KHPE/QCC”), on behalf of parent company Independence Blue Cross, LLC (“IBC”), operator of Medicare Advantage plans, have agreed to pay a total of $2,250,000 plus interest to resolve False Claims Act.
SCRANTON – A settlement has been reached between the estate of a nursing home patient who died of a necrotic ulcer and an East Stroudsburg care facility where she allegedly suffered the fatal injury.
PITTSBURGH – A nursing home administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities says he was fired in retaliation for his actions.
HARRISBURG – A three-judge panel of the Superior Court has affirmed a trial court decision which denied a motion to exclude evidence surrounding the alleged failure of a minor’s parents to provide him with inflatable swimming armbands when he nearly drowned.
PHILADELPHIA – A non-profit group promoting the implementation of safe and secure election voting procedures has just donated a $10 million grant to the City of Philadelphia – while critics say the organization is in fact a partisan political group comprised of Democratic operatives trying to swing the Presidential election in November.
Thomas B. Schmidt III, a senior counsel at Troutman Pepper, has been appointed to the Committee on Rules of Evidence by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by ATCM Optical Inc. and Omega Optical Inc. against Twin City Fire Insurance Company 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.
PHILADELPHIA – Bayer Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that it agreed to pay $1.6 billion to settle almost all litigation in the United States based upon claims that its Essure birth control tool injured women who used it.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman states a number of real estate defendants failed to repair and maintain her apartment to avoid the spread of toxic and hazardous mold, thereby causing her personal health at risk and her to lose many of her possessions.
ALLENTOWN – A federal lawsuit from Pennsylvania’s Libertarian, Constitution and Green parties arguing that the state requirements for collecting in-person signatures to qualify for a general election ballot are unconstitutional in light of the coronavirus pandemic has been discontinued.
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County authorities are seeking to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Western Pennsylvania couple against custodial and medical authorities for removing their then-eight-month-old son to foster care for two-and-a-half weeks, on the incorrect suspicion that they were the cause of his broken leg.
PHILADELPHIA – Lowe’s Home Improvement says the suit of a man who claimed to be hit with flooring material should be dismissed, because its claims were improperly pled.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled Tuesday that testimony from a plaintiff’s physician did not cause a Philadelphia jury to wrongly find in favor of a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, in a pelvic mesh personal injury case decided last year.
PITTSBURGH – A man suffering from Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) is suing a plethora of major corporations, claiming his exposure to carcinogenic products over the course of his professional career led to his current medical condition.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh news station accused of broadcasting a story wherein a local coffee house owner was falsely accused of sexual harassment by former employees is seeking to transfer the action filed against it to Allegheny County's complex litigation center.
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