PITTSBURGH – Geibel Catholic Junior Senior High School, its principal and superintendent believe that civil rights and tort claims, raised by a female student, who alleged she was allowed by school authorities to be molested and sexually harassed multiple times by a fellow male student, should be dismissed with prejudice.
PITTSBURGH – A student at Geibel Catholic Junior Senior High School alleges she was molested and sexually harassed multiple times by a fellow male student who is now of majority age and the school did not stop the abuse or discipline the alleged assailant – a charge the male student denies.
A Pennsylvania judge rejected Rust-Oleum Corporations' request for the court to rule there's no case against them in the wrongful death of Joshua Atkins.
PITTSBURGH – Reverend William B. Yockey, one of the accused predator priests whose names were listed in a grand jury report that alleges decades of protection for pedophiles working for the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania was allegedly responsible for molesting a Connellsville man when he was a teenager, according to new litigation filed in Pittsburgh.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area woman has filed suit against a prominent protective paint and coating manufacturer, charging one of its paint-stripping products for being responsible for the death of her son.
PHILADELPHIA – Negligence-based wrongful death litigation filed against General Motors and a number of other defendants by the mother of a young woman killed in an automobile accident nearly three years ago has been dismissed without prejudice, according to court records.
Debra Collins claims she was never properly served with the lawsuit filed against her in 2009 by Discover Card, and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania has now sent the matter back to the trial court.
PHILADELPHIA – The mother of a young woman killed in an automobile accident two years ago has filed suit against General Motors and a number of other defendants for their allegedly negligent roles in causing the fatal crash.
PITTSBURGH — A Connellsville woman is suing Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, citing alleged breach of contract for denying her long-term disability benefits claim.
A former Fayette County, Pa., judge faces criminal charges after a grand jury investigated claims that he allegedly dismissed a case against a now-convicted drunk driver for improper reasons, according to an announcement by state Attorney General Kathleen Kane.
