PHILADELPHIA – A man once incarcerated in a Delaware County jail claims that he was assaulted and severely beaten by a former boxer-turned-corrections officer during his stay, and has launched his second lawsuit after voluntarily dismissing the first one.
PHILADELPHIA – An Illinois financial company has initiated legal action against a South Philadelphia child care center, accusing it of defaulting on an equipment lease agreement.
HARRISBURG – The state Superior Court has rejected the appeal of Community Education Centers Inc., which argued that a plaintiff engaged in forum-shopping.
PHILADELPHIA — A former security worker is suing Community Education Centers Inc., citing alleged retaliation and violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).
PHILADELPHIA — A man is suing Community Education Centers, a New Jersey corporation that operates the private George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Delaware County, alleging negligence.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has dismissed a corrections officer’s claims of racial discrimination and a hostile work environment.
PHILADELPHIA – On April 20, a federal court judge dismissed allegations of race-based discrimination made by an African-American union leader and corrections guard employed at George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Thornton, but surviving are her claims of a hostile work environment and retaliation .
PHILADELPHIA - After rejecting a $425,000 settlement offer, a Philadelphia man recently sued a firm that owns a private prison, claiming negligence on the prison's part after a fellow inmate allegedly beat him with a pipe.
A former suburban Philadelphia prison inmate who claims she was forced to live in “inhumane, barbaric conditions,” and suffered daily pain for a period of months due to a failure to get her proper medical care while behind bars has filed a federal civil rights complaint against those responsible for her care.
A federal judge sitting in Philadelphia earlier this month remanded back to state court the case of a woman who filed a lawsuit against a local radio personality for allegedly falsely saying on air that the plaintiff had participated in a fight at her own daughter’s school, a claim that caused the plaintiff to allegedly receive death threats and other hardships.
