MEDIA – A company supplying water for Darby Borough believes a court should sanction a landlord whose service was turned off, the same landlord who is also seeking damages for having to use the bathroom at a nearby McDonald’s restaurant.
PHILADELPHIA – An Ohio limited liability company has filed suit against two Pennsylvania residents and a North Carolina corporation over allegations of unlawful solicitation of its customers.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has determined that a lower court erroneously threw out a motion to dismiss before properly resolving a separate motion to compel arbitration in a payroll dispute litigation.
HARRISBURG – A former Drexel University medical student lost the latest round of a legal battle in which he claimed that several medical school officials breached the student handbook when they allegedly dismissed him from the university because of his race.
PHILADELPHIA — A gentleman’s club is asking a federal court to force one of its former adult entertainers, who claimed she was cheated out of overtime because she was classified as an independent contractor, to submit the dispute to arbitration.
WILKES-BARRE – A state court judge cited Pennsylvania’s Right To Farm Act (RTFA) in recently dismissing a case from neighbors who filed a lawsuit over the use of liquid swine manure as part of the defendants' farming operations.
PHILADELPHIA – The latest Risperdal lawsuit to go to trial here has been dismissed by a state court judge for a piece of photographic evidence allegedly lacking authentication, marking the fifth courtroom victory for the drug’s manufacturer, Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
A Perry County man is suing Takata Corporation, TK Holdings Inc., Honda Motor Co. Ltd., Honda R & D Co. Ltd., American Honda Motor Co. Inc. and Honda of America Mfg. Inc., citing insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries, liability, negligence and product liability for an alleged design defect affecting an airbag made by Takata.
PHILADELPHIA — A woman has filed a class action lawsuit against her former employer, citing alleged unpaid wages, violation of applicable minimum wage law and violation of Workers' Compensation acts.
A Reading woman has initiated legal action against a drug treatment facility and several medical personnel, claiming their negligence led to the untimely death of her husband.
PHILADELPHIA – Three Philadelphia men say a Port Richmond gentlemen’s club did not take adequate measures to prevent a physical altercation that resulted in the trio being assaulted and shot at by a group of its patrons.
HARRISBURG – A former Verizon Communications Inc. employee is accusing the
company of violating workplace discrimination laws, claiming she was fired because of her accent. Her lawsuit was filed recently in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
PITTSBURGH — A married couple's lawsuit against Lowes Home Centers Inc. alleges negligence, liability and insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries.
PITTSBURGH — A married couple's lawsuit against Michael Episcopo, who owns a rental house, and the City of Pittsburgh alleges negligence in connection with a fall on an uneven sidewalk.
