The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Harold Goodman against Lowe's Home Centers LLC and Lowe's Home Improvement on July 17.
PITTSBURGH – A customer at an auto body repair shop in Verona says he sustained knee and back injuries when he jumped out of the way of fireworks one of the shop’s mechanics ignited near his head, believing he was being shot at.
ALLENTOWN – A new federal lawsuit from Pennsylvania’s Libertarian, Constitution and Green parties argues the state requirements for collecting in-person signatures to qualify for a general election ballot are unconstitutional in light of the coronavirus pandemic, but a federal judge has denied their request for a restraining order.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh wholesale distributor of genuine OEM plumbing parts is accusing a New Jersey-based competitor of fraudulently accessing its proprietary information to gain a significant advantage in the marketplace.
PHILADELPHIA – Generac Power Systems and Lowe’s Home Improvement stores are attempting to strike and dismiss portions of a lawsuit from a man who suffered right index finger amputation and crush injuries from an allegedly malfunctioning portable generator.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center executive who was hit by a foul ball during a Pittsburgh Pirates game in 2015 is not entitled to damages from the manufacturers of protective netting used at PNC Park.
PHILADELPHIA – Class action lawsuits have been filed against the City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Police Department for what nearly 150 plaintiffs believe was excessive force on a military scale, used in response to peaceful demonstrations on systemic racism and police brutality at 52nd Street and the Vine Street Expressway.
PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh officials have removed to federal court 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.
PITTSBURGH – New counsel for a non-profit group and its president accused of violating of federal and state wiretapping laws by a Pittsburgh health care clinic and its executive director, wants postponement of an injunction hearing due to an alleged lack of both proper service of the complaint and time to prepare for the hearing.
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 – A Pittsburgh health care clinic and its executive director have launched litigation against a local non-profit group and its president, charging that president with illegally recording and disseminating a telephone conversation in violation of federal and state wiretapping laws.
ALLENTOWN – Pennsylvania’s governor and other state officials believe three political parties’ lawsuit to waive the usual requirements of signature collection to get onto the general election ballot is groundless and should be dismissed.
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.
PITTSBURGH – An Ohio couple has filed suit against a Wyndham hotel because they say the wife-plaintiff was potentially exposed to HIV when she was struck with a hypodermic needle that had been left in her bed.
The following cases categorized as "product liability" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 1. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 28. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
