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Counselor claims she was fired for complaining about lack of handicap access at Pittsburgh's St. Benedict's
PITTSBURH - A woman who uses a prosthetic leg is suing the company that employed her as a youth counselor, claiming retaliation for complaints about a lack of handicap parking spots and ramps at one school she worked at. -
Scooter company says Fla. bankruptcy proceeding should stay Allegheny County injury case
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a group of related scooter company defendants have filed notice of bankruptcy and are seeking a stay from litigation brought forward by a New York man, who said he fractured his collarbone after falling on an abandoned Spin-brand scooter on a Pittsburgh sidewalk. -
U.S. Steel refers to federal statute in removal of class action over plant employee wages
PITTSBURGH – Citing a federal statute, U.S. Steel has likewise removed to federal court a class action complaint which alleged it violated the Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA), by not paying employees for the time they spent showering and walking to their worksites, among other pre- and post-work activities. -
New Kensington couple reiterate allegations they were sickened by mold present in their new home
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple have restated allegations against the couple who sold them their home, as well as a residential inspection service, after they allegedly developed illness from mold later found to be present in the home. -
Giant Eagle shopper who said he fell through store floor wants video footage of incident
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a local man is seeking in-store video footage from a Giant Eagle supermarket in Export, where their client alleged he fell through an exposed section of the store flooring during a shopping trip. -
Lawsuit filed after 7-year-old trying to climb a tree falls
PITTSBURGH - An apartment complex owner is blamed for a 7-year-old tenant using its building materials to try to climb a tree, only to fall and seriously injure himself. -
Woman sues Eat N' Park after slipping on dropped crayons
PITTSBURGH - A woman hoping to catch a bite at Eat N' Park with her grandson says she slipped on crayons dropped by the hostess who was showing them to their table. -
Class action targets FloatMe's cash advances
PITTSBURGH - A company that provides cash advances ends up making illegal interest rates, a Pittsburgh class action lawsuit alleges. -
Pittsburgh woman denies being at fault for biting into glass-filled appetizer at Cheesecake Factory
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman has denied counter-charges that she was comparatively negligent in an incident two years ago, where she claimed she bit into a glass-filled appetizer at a local branch location of The Cheesecake Factory. -
Nurse and knife assailant's mental health was not our responsibility, staffing company says
PITTSBURGH – A medical staffing company has denied any and all liability for injuries sustained by a local woman in an altercation more than two years ago, when that plaintiff was stabbed in the back while working as a nurse/school bus aide – by a fellow nurse employed by the corporate defendant. -
Allegheny County judge grants preliminary objections in suit surrounding Comfort Inn drowning death
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has granted defense preliminary objections, in a case brought by the mother of a man who died as a result of drowning in the pool of a Comfort Inn hotel in Pittsburgh. -
Judge sends suit over shooting at New Kensington pub to Westmoreland County court
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has partially denied preliminary objections in wrongful death litigation against a New Kensington pub, in a lawsuit brought by the mother of a man killed in a shooting there in 2021 – one which insisted the pub’s alleged over-serving of alcoholic beverages to the shooter and failure to prevent the shooting, directly led to the plaintiff’s son’s death. -
Couple maintain wife was injured during pickleball game, Allegheny County says she trespassed
PITTSBURGH – A Washington County couple have reiterated personal injury allegations against Allegheny County, charging its negligence led to the wife-plaintiff falling during a spirited game of pickleball nearly two years ago. -
Hidden Valley Mountain Resort wants to transfer injury suit to Somerset County court
PITTSBURGH – On the grounds of improper venue, Hidden Valley Mountain Resort has objected to litigation from the parents of a young man injured at its resort, when he dropped to the ground to escape a non-functioning chairlift. -
Wrongful death lawsuit filed after man crushed by steel plates
PITTSBURGH - A recent lawsuit says a worker "on loan" at a McKees Rocks steel plant died cleaning a coil when he was crushed by two steel plates. -
Lawsut: Vice on saw crushed man's finger
PITTSBURGH - The hydraulic vice on a saw amputated part of a man's finger, a new Pittsburgh lawsuit says. -
Pa. state senator Boscola appeals judge's ruling in defamation suit
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania state senator facing defamation allegations from an energy company president has appealed a judge’s denial of her preliminary objections to the Commonwealth Court. -
Man accused of revenge over daughter's trampoline injury denies the allegations
PITTSBURGH – A local man accused of assaulting the father of a girl he supposedly blamed for his own daughter’s trampoline-related injuries, has denied those allegations in their entirety. -
Woman allegedly injured on Allegheny County Port Authority bus has case transferred to arbitration
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman who claimed that she suffered severe arm and shoulder injuries due to a fall she took while being a passenger aboard a bus operated by The Port Authority of Allegheny County, has seen her case be transferred to arbitration. -
Satalio's Restaurant rejects cross-claim liability for injuries suffered by customers who fell from deck
PITTSBURGH – Satalio’s Restaurant has denied cross-claim liability levied against it by plaintiffs who said the establishment had a non-compliant outdoor wooden deck attached to its property, from which they fell more than a year ago and sustained several serious injuries in the process.