Earlier this month, Debora Plehn-Dujowich had the opportunity to give a presentation to the AIPLA (American Intellectual Property Law Association) Chemical Practice Committee on the work of the AIPLA Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Task Force.
PHILADELPHIA – For the second time, a federal judge has dismissed litigation from a woman who alleged that the school bus sexual assault she endured as a middle school student was the fault of her school, which was said to have disregarded the alleged assailant’s history of prior assaults and violated her constitutional rights in the process.
PITTSBURGH – Peoples Natural Gas Company alleges its co-defendant is liable for negligence in piercing an underground gas main and failing to report the subsequent leak, which led to the death of the plaintiff’s mother from exposure to the gas.
MEDIA – One company has been dismissed from litigation which claimed that a number of Delaware County health care entities improperly administered an epidural injection to a pregnant woman and caused her death.
PITTSBURGH – Litigation brought 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, has been settled.
MEDIA – The daughters of a Delaware County nursing home resident who contended that improper care from facility staff directly caused their mother’s death, have settled their claims with the nursing home company for $20,000.
PHILADELPHIA – A Chester-based charter school has reiterated its desire to dismiss litigation from a local woman who alleged that the school bus sexual assault she endured as a middle school student was the fault of her school, who disregarded the alleged assailant’s history of prior assaults and violated her constitutional rights in the process.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman has claimed once again that the school bus sexual assault she endured as a middle school student was the fault of her school, who disregarded the alleged assailant’s history of prior assaults and violated her constitutional rights in the process.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman alleges that as a middle school student, she was sexually assaulted by a classmate while riding a school bus in February 2015 and that her school violated her constitutional due process rights by failing to prevent the assault.
MEDIA – A deceased woman’s estate has restated claims that her death was caused by a number of Delaware County health care entities who improperly administered her an epidural injection.
MEDIA – The daughters of a Delaware County nursing home resident contend that she was improperly cared for by the staff of the facility where she was living and that same level of sub-standard care is what directly caused her death, refuting assertions from the facility that it was not responsible for her passing.
HARRISBURG – A local Chinese restaurant owner has settled claims against the Borough of Middletown, closing litigation which asserted that the Borough sought to prevent the plaintiff from opening and conducting daily business operations.
MEDIA – A Delaware County health care entity denies that it provided subpar care to one of its residents, before and leading up to her death, the allegation of which is the crux of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it.
HARRISBURG – Due to the preliminary reaching of a settlement agreement, a federal judge has stayed litigation filed against the Borough of Middletown by a local Chinese restaurant owner, which asserted that the Borough sought to prevent the plaintiff from opening and conducting daily business operations.
PHILADELPHIA – A fellow passenger on board the infamous Southwest Airlines flight in April 2018 during which one passenger was partially sucked out of the plane and later died has settled litigation with the airline and the airplane’s manufacturers.
