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Pittsburgh bar patron sues establishment for bodily injuries she suffered during trip to the restroom
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman says she suffered a broken left arm and other injuries after falling while making a trip to the restroom of a Pittsburgh bar, and has brought legal action against the establishment for damages. -
Lawsuit: Landlord's negligence led to tenant suffering left knee injuries in two successive falls
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman says her left knee injuries are the result of her landlord’s negligence, in failing to remedy dangerous conditions on the stairway outside her apartment. -
Fried chicken fire update: Plaintiff who suffered third-degree burns settles with defendant
PITTSBURGH – A North Huntingdon man has settled claims with a Monroeville woman for third-degree burns he allegedly suffered on various parts of his body, during a grease fire at her home last year. -
$5 million property fire allegedly caused by defective battery pack leads to insurer wanting reimbursement
PITTSBURGH – A Texas insurance company is seeking to be reimbursed to the tune of $5 million, after it paid that same amount to one of its policyholders who suffered a fire on his property during a period of home construction. -
After property fire, Erie Insurance Exchange suing manufacturer of allegedly defective dehumidifier for almost $360K
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania insurance company is seeking nearly $360,000 in damages from the allegedly negligent manufacturers of a dehumidifier that caused a fire at the property of one of its policyholders. -
Monongahela River pollution update: Union Township says wrongful termination suit is purview of West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority
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 is the burden of the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority, according to Union Township. -
Nursing home ex-admin update: Facility says fired plaintiff did not engage in legally protected activity
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation – did not show he engaged in protected activity under the Pennsylvania Whistleblower Act. -
Reporter who taped Black Lives Matter protest destruction fights to sue Pittsburgh PD
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh property owner and reporter who recorded footage of a violent protest after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and whose identity was later disclosed, disagrees with the Pittsburgh Police Department that state law precludes her lawsuit’s claims of liability against it. -
Property owner's concrete debris fell onto light rail vehicle, says Allegheny County Port Authority
PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County’s Port Authority has sued a Bethel Park property owner, due to concrete debris falling from the premises off that property and striking one of its light rail vehicles. -
Allegheny County couple settle with owners of German Shepherd that bit one of the plaintiffs
PITTSBURGH – Litigation between an Allegheny County couple and the owners of a German Shepherd dog who allegedly became loose and attacked the wife-plaintiff, causing her serious injuries, has been settled. -
COVID-19 nursing home whistleblower update: Facility says at-will status bars plaintiff's public policy claim
PITTSBURGH – A Monroeville nursing home facility says that Pennsylvania’s at-will employment status bars the violation of public policy claim brought by a former administrator who reported positive COVID-19 diagnoses at the facility to both county and state health authorities – and believes he was fired in retaliation. -
Pittsburgh couple sue after server drops food on husband on Christmas Eve
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania couple say they suffered a variety of injuries and associated damages when a waitress dropped a serving tray of food on top of the husband-plaintiff, during dinner on Christmas Eve two years ago. -
87-year-old man with heart condition says he was detained by police after OnStar reported his own car as stolen
PITTSBURGH – An 87-year-old Western Pennsylvania man with a heart condition says he was detained by police on suspicion of being a car thief, because the OnStar system in his vehicle erroneously reported it to law enforcement authorities as stolen. -
Deliveryman hit by driver on cell phone claims his insurance company won't cover his injuries
PITTSBURGH – A deliveryman struck by a driver on her cell phone says his insurance company is refusing to pay coverage for his injuries, due to an exclusion refusing such coverage to policyholders eligible for workers’ compensation. -
Family feud over hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlement proceeds connected to wrongful death case
PITTSBURGH – The son and daughter of a deceased Western Pennsylvania man claim their mother and brother defrauded them out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlement funds received in an underlying wrongful death lawsuit involving their father. -
Parents say daycare's negligence led their eight-month-old to fall off a changing table and break his leg
PITTSBURGH – Parents say the negligence shown by their day care center resulted in their then-eight-month-old child falling from a changing table and suffering a broken right leg. -
Dismissed police chief update: Mount Pleasant officials deny they committed waste or wrongdoing
PITTSBURGH – The Borough of Mount Pleasant denies it wrongfully terminated its former police chief after his pursuit to correct alleged waste and wrongdoing being committed by municipal government. -
Gun store sued after man shoots fiance in leg on accident
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman argues that negligence shown by a gun store owner resulted in a live round being discharged from a weapon being shown to her fiancé, which struck her in the right leg. -
New round of class action litigation takes aim at sales tax charged for face mask purchases
PITTSBURGH – Similar to another group of recent litigation, a class action lawsuit claims that a number of retailers have been illegally charging sales tax on the purchases of face masks during the coronavirus pandemic. -
Pittsburgh couple say faulty wiring in Penn Hills rental was negligent landlord's responsibility
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple alleges that faulty wiring provided and installed by their Virginia-based landlords nearly caused a fire in the home they rented in Penn Hills.