Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County
Recent News About Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County
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Client alleges Sommer Law Group breached agreement in insurance claim dispute
PITTSBURGH – A Ross Township woman is suing a law firm alleging that it breached their agreement after she hired it for representation for an insurance claim. -
Tumble on escalator results in lawsuit against Dick's Sporting Goods
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man is suing a sporting goods store over allegations he was injured due to a faulty escalator. -
Cowboy Wholesale sued by family after hover board allegedly caused house fire
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple whose family member died in a house fire allegedly caused by a hover board has filed a suit alleging that the board's distributors and marketers sold a defective product. -
Pittsburgh attorney alleges former client's defamatory reviews on Google have hurt his practice, Google rating
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh criminal law attorney has filed a civil suit against a former client who is a Google Local Guide claiming defamatory online reviews have harmed his legal practice and caused his Google rating to drop. -
Attorney general reaches settlement with Terminix over allegedly deceptive contracts
PITTSBURGH – The Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office has filed a settlement agreement with Terminix that includes the company paying more than $81,000 dollars in restitution and penalties to the state to resolve alleged consumer protection law violations regarding credit agreements. -
University of Pittsburgh researchers file lawsuit against journal that retracted their pulmonary disease article
PITTSBURGH – Two University of Pittsburgh researchers who were among five co-authors of a 2013 published research article on obstructive pulmonary disease are suing a medical journal over the retraction of their article and claiming the publication accused them of manipulating data. -
Pittsburgh firefighter sues insurer over allegations of hostile phone exchange
PITTSBURGH – A city of Pittsburgh firefighter is suing Blue Cross/Blue Shield claiming he lost his promotion because the insurance carrier reported him and falsely accused him of using foul language, verbally abusing and/or physically threatening Blue Cross/Blue Shield employees during a phone exchange. -
Neighbors of Pittsburgh rehab center allege it is too noisy, violates noise control ordinance
PITTSBURGH – Two Pittsburgh couples are suing a rehabilitation center over a commercial fan alleging it violates the city of Pittsburgh's noise control ordinance. -
West Mifflin pharmacy alleges former tech, boyfriend stole more than $500,000 in quantities of controlled substance
PITTSBURGH – A West Mifflin pharmacy alleges a former pharmacy technician and her boyfriend ordered and stole more than $500,000 in quantities of a controlled substance. -
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside nurse says she was refused accommodations following attacks by patients
PITTSBURGH - UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside was accused of violating the Human Relations Act by one of its psychiatric nurses who had been attacked by patients in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on July 26. She filed the suit after allegedly being refused reasonable accommodations. -
Superior Court backs ruling that couple do not have to go through arbitration after suing securities broker
PITTSBURGH - The Superior Court of Pennsylvania affirmed that a couple are not subject to arbitration in their negligence claim against a wealth management company and their securities broker after they lost investments. -
Towboat captain sues after allegedly tripping over bucket on barge
PITTSBURGH – A Cranberry Township man is suing his employer over injuries he sustained while working on a derrick barge. -
South Carolina man allegedly injured by dropped motor assembly at well pad files lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – A South Carolina couple is seeking damages after the husband was injured by a dropped motor assembly at a well pad in Jefferson County. -
Survivor of fatal accident files lawsuit over exposure to poisonous gas
PITTSBURGH – A man seriously injured in a workplace incident that killed two people filed a lawsuit against a group of companies he alleges were negligent in creating the conditions that led to his exposure to poisonous gas. -
Worker allegedly injured in fall from lift on State Correctional Institution-Forest project files lawsuit
PITTSBURGH – A Lewis Run man who sustained spinal cord injuries in a fall from a scissor lift has filed a suit against several entities associated with the lift and the project he was working on, seeking damages. -
Man alleges he was sexually assaulted while living at Holy Family Institute in 1970s
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man is suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh over allegations that he was sexually abused as a child several decades ago. -
Hyundai alleges Pittsburgh dealerships wrongfully earned $5 million by exploiting warranty
PITTSBURGH – Hyundai alleges two Pittsburgh dealerships and an Allegheny County individual intentionally damaged certain models of its vehicles in order to profit from an extended warranty. -
Scratched cornea is alleged in lawsuit against Big Boy Markets over contact lenses
PITTSBURGH – A woman who says she suffered a scratched cornea and may have permanent loss of vision in one eye is suing Big Boy Markets, alleging that she was sold contact lenses without a prescription. -
Woman sues maker of excavator that allegedly malfunctioned, killed her husband
PITTSBURGH — The wife of a man allegedly killed by a malfunctioning excavator has filed a lawsuit against the machine's manufacturer. -
Woman allegedly crushed by drunken driver sues bar that served the driver
PITTSBURGH — A woman who suffered severe and possibly permanent injuries to her legs and back when she was struck by a drunken driver filed a lawsuit against the bar that served the driver.