Lawyers representing pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline have filed a notice of removal at the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania seeking to transfer a Paxil mass tort claim that was originally filed at Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court to the federal courthouse in Center City.
An 88-year-old Philadelphia man who was diagnosed early last year with mesothelioma, a disease he attributes to asbestos exposure, is suing a number of companies that deal in asbestos-containing products.
Three Pennsylvania couples and a woman from New Jersey filed asbestos mass tort claims at Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court Monday, alleging respective injuries as a result of asbestos exposure.
A plaintiff’s attorney from South Jersey has filed an asbestos mass tort claim in Philadelphia’s Common Pleas Court on behalf of an elderly Florida couple who alleges that the husband’s lung cancer was a direct result of his exposure to asbestos during his working years.
A former HVAC technician is suing the company that employed him for more than a decade, contending that his firing was related to the plaintiff having to take off work due to two separate incidents of knee injuries.
A Philadelphia man who alleges he was fired from the job where he worked at for more than two-and-a-half years in retaliation for speaking out about discrimination at the workplace has filed a federal complaint against the city-based company.
A Northeastern Pennsylvania man has filed a federal lawsuit against his former employer, alleging his firing violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.
A New Jersey man who was diagnosed with lung cancer last summer has filed a mass tort complaint in Pennsylvania state court against companies that deal in the manufacture and production of asbestos-related products.
The former general counsel and corporate secretary with Pennsylvania-based convenience store chain Wawa Inc. has joined the ranks of a Philadelphia law firm.
A Philadelphia woman who had to take an extended medical leave because of pregnancy complications, and who claims she was fired as she was about to return to work, has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against her former employer.
