Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County
Recent News About Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County
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Man claims he slipped on 'oily substance' at Giant Eagle
PITTSBURGH — A man claims he suffered serious injuries to his knee after slipping on an "oily substance" at a Giant Eagle Store in Pittsburgh. -
Lawsuit filed after immunization allegedly causes child to faint
PITTSBURGH — A mother alleges her minor daughter fainted and fell off an examination table after receiving immunizations and suffered a concussion and other injuries. -
Man who refused to pollute Monongahela River settles wrongful termination suit against municipal entities
PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River has settled litigation with the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority and other entities. -
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Woman claims defective candles, warmer caused fire; She's suing Dollar General
PITTSBURGH — A woman alleges defective tea candles, a warmer and scented wax which she purchased at a Dollar General suddenly engulfed in flames and caused her to suffer severe burns. -
Man allegedly assaulted by employer disputes defendants' preliminary objections to his lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who claimed he was physically assaulted by his employer in a dispute over Payroll Protection Program funds that allegedly remained in his possession, has disputed preliminary objections raised over the supposed legal sufficiency of those same claims. -
Man claims hostile work environment, discrimination working at Chili's
PITTSBURGH - A man claims suffering through a hostile work environment and age discrimination while working at a Chili's restaurant. -
Dollar General sued by woman claiming injuries from falling books
PITTSBURGH — A woman claims she was severely injured when a rack with books fell on her at a Dollar General store in Frederick Town. -
Former police chief says Mount Pleasant's summary judgment motion is unsupported and lacking relevant facts
PITTSBURGH – Mount Pleasant’s former police chief says the Borough’s motion for summary judgment seeking to throw out his wrongful termination case, is ill-supported and its substance has no connection to the events that the complaint addresses. -
Coraopolis parents file for injunctive relief from city and state authorities, after falling death of their son
PITTSBURGH – A Coraopolis couple are seeking injunctive relief from both city and state authorities regarding the death of their son, who was killed when a sidewalk railing he was next to unexpectedly gave way. -
Plaintiff says Pittsburgh's affirmative defenses to her sidewalk injury lawsuit are not adequately supported
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman says official entities from the City of Pittsburgh were not only negligent in their failure to repair a sidewalk, causing her to fall and become seriously injured, but that their defenses to her lawsuit are not adequate. -
Equipment rental company asserts property owners and not itself, are liable for man's injuries from defective scaffold
PITTSBURGH – Attorneys for a local equipment rental company have countered a man’s lawsuit alleging serious injuries from a defective scaffold leased to his employer, by arguing that the fault instead belongs to its co-defendants, a pair of Western Pennsylvania property owners. -
Bar entities deny they overserved co-defendant who caused crash that killed 23-year-old
PITTSBURGH – Entities facing a wrongful death lawsuit from a Pennsylvania man whose 23-year-old daughter was killed in a drunk driving accident now deny they had overserved the driver who caused the crash, prior to the accident. -
Lawsuit over fight says one man beat the other with a police baton at 1:30 a.m.
Two Allegheny County men are locked in a civil suit after one allegedly attacked the other with a police baton. -
Johnson & Johnson denies that woman's use of talc-based FDA-approved baby powder gave her ovarian cancer
PITTSBURGH – Johnson & Johnson flatly denies claims made by an Oakmont woman who alleges she developed ovarian cancer after using the company’s talc-based personal hygiene products for more than half of her life. -
Plaintiff's broken ankle at spin class update: Pittsburgh facility denies it committed negligence
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh spin class facility denies it was negligent in an action brought by a local woman who alleged her broken right ankle was the defendant’s failure to provide spin bicycle shoes with clips. -
Leg and back injury claims against City of Duquesne for unsecured water meter persist
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman reiterates claims that she suffered both multiple leg and back injuries after falling at a friend’s home from coming into contact with an unsecured water meter, and counters the City of Duquesne’s denials to that effect. -
Citing statute of limitations, Mount Pleasant Borough seeks summary judgment in ex-police chief's whistleblower lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – Due to the alleged expiration of a whistleblower claim’s statute of limitations, the Borough of Mount Pleasant is seeking summary judgment to dismiss a lawsuit alleging it wrongfully terminated its former police chief, for his pursuit to atone for alleged waste and wrongdoing committed by the municipal government. -
Damaged Pottery Barn update: Company adds to arguments that burger restaurant's sewage damaged mall store
PITTSBURGH – The parent company of Pottery Barn introduced additional arguments in state court to support its allegations that an adjoining hamburger restaurant leaked both water and sewage into one of its mall stores in Mount Lebanon. -
Wheelhouse Bar and Grill caught in lawsuit after waiter allegedly falls on diner
A Pittsburgh restaurant faces a personal injury claim after one of its wait staff allegedly fell on a patron, according to a complaint filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. -
Lawsuit: Pittsburgh man got shoulder infection from flu vaccine given at Giant Eagle supermarket
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man claims that he received a severe shoulder infection as a result of an improperly administered influenza vaccine given at a Giant Eagle supermarket.