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McKees Rocks spa botches laser hair treatment and causes second-degree burns, lawsuit says
FeelNu Medical Spa and Wellness Center LLC, a spa in McKees Rocks, faces charges from a Rochester MN woman who received second degree burns during a laser hair removal treatment at the spa, according to documents filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. -
McKeesport citizens sue over being shut out of in-person city council meetings
PITTSBURGH – McKeesport citizens are litigating against the city and its council, charging that the municipal entities have violated the state Sunshine Law in preventing them from observing and participating in city council meetings. -
Mugshot defamation case update: Website operator claims lack of jurisdiction and immunity from suit
PITTSBURGH – A website operator claims that it is immune from a lawsuit brought by a Bridgeville man against itself and Google that claims his mugshot from an arrest made 17 years ago was recently listed on the website’s database of currently imprisoned individuals. -
Landscaper alleges that homeowners are those responsible for injuries man suffered when their tree fell on him
PITTSBURGH – A landscaping firm contends that a pair of Pittsburgh homeowners, and not itself, are responsible for injuries that a local man suffered when an oak tree collapsed and fell on him. -
North Hills School District sued by student who turned ankle walking on lawn
A former student sued the North Hills School District after she was injured walking in a grass lawn, according to documents filed Feb. 23 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. -
Wyndham Hotel says it doesn't know how hypodermic needle got into guest's bed
PITTSBURGH – A Wyndham hotel alleges that it does not know how a hypodermic needle was found in one of its beds and struck an Ohio plaintiff, a needle the plaintiff claims potentially exposed her to HIV. -
Litigation over Monroeville plaintiff being trapped in elevators due to faulty sensor is settled
PITTSBURGH – Litigation between a Western Pennsylvania woman and a pair of elevator manufacturers, over the plaintiff’s being trapped inside a pair of elevator doors due to a faulty sensor, has been settled. -
According to Pepsi, shopper-plaintiff didn't prove it was responsible for litany of injuries
PITTSBURGH – Pepsi denies all responsibility for injuries suffered by a Western Pennsylvania man, who claims that a company employee collided into him while pushing a cart full of products in a Getgo supermarket in Pittsburgh, leading him to fall and become seriously injured. -
Lawsuit: Botched roofing job has Monroeville school plugging leaks
PITTSBURGH - Eastern Area Special Schools of Monroeville is seeking damages from the parties responsible for an allegedly botched roofing job done at its campus, according to documents filed in February the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. -
One health care company dismissed from wrongful death case against Arden Courts nursing facility
PITTSBURGH – A health care company has been dismissed from a wrongful death action initiated by an Allison Park woman, who alleges that a variety of nursing care facilities and other parties committed collective negligence led to the death of an elderly man. -
City of Clairton refusing to pay contractors for roadwork project, suit says
The City of Clairton, along with its engineering firm, KLH Engineers, Inc, is facing charges in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas from a general contractor who says the city is refusing to pay costs owed for a roadwork project. -
Bethel Park McDonald's franchisee counters that plaintiff caused his own injuries
PITTSBURGH – A McDonald’s franchisee says that a Pittsburgh man who was injured in its restaurant location when he slipped and fell on accumulated liquid, was responsible for his own injuries. -
Nail and spa lounge owner raises objections over legal sufficiency of co-plaintiff's allegations in assault case
PITTSBURGH – The proprietors of a Robinson Township nail and spa lounge have raised objections of legal sufficiency in a lawsuit brought by one of its former employees, who claims he was physically assaulted by one of the defendants over Payroll Protection Program funds that allegedly remained in his possession. -
Lawsuit: Woman contracted Legionnaire's disease from water at Cigna Healthcare
A Coraopolis woman filed civil charges against the Cigna Healthcare facility on Park Lane Drive in Pittsburgh after she says she contracted Legionnaire's disease from the facility's water. -
Suit says natural gas company failing to turn off its service exacerbated fire at Penn Hills property
PITTSBURGH – Litigation has been launched against a natural gas company, whose alleged negligence in failing to turn off the gas supply to a Penn Hills building allegedly exacerbated the effect of a structure fire which took place at the property. -
Jogger sues Pittsburgh after tripping on metal object in sidewalk
PITTSBURGH - The City of Pittsburgh, along with the owner and operator of the strip center at the corner of 26th St. and Smallman St., is facing civil charges from an Allegheny County woman who says she tripped on a hazardous sidewalk near the center while jogging. -
American Honda Motor Co. sells lemons, according to lawsuit
PITTSBURGH - A Pennsylvania car dealership is being sued by a Sewickley couple who say they were deceptively sold a lemon for over $40,000, according to documents filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas. -
Lawsuit by deliveryman hit by driver on cell phone update: $75K the max, sides agree
PITTSBURGH – A mutual agreement between the parties has resulted in the elimination of a bad faith claim from the case of a deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone nearly two years ago. -
Injured Family Dollar shopper update: Judge refuses to strike recklessness allegations from complaint
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny Court judge has denied objections made by Family Dollar that a Pittsburgh man injured in one of its stores did not adequately plead allegations of recklessness, and ordered the retailer to answer the complaint. -
State court judge overrules objection in home damages action against Pittsburgh Water & Sewer Authority
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections from the City of Pittsburgh’s Water and Sewer Authority, in a lawsuit from a pair of Pittsburgh landlord-tenant neighbors who alleged that it defectively designed and later failed to repair a deteriorating storm sewer culvert – which caused storm water runoff to flow into the plaintiffs’ residences.