The following asbestos-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 5. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The following asbestos-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 1. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Charles Marmontello against Hedman Resources Limited on Feb. 1.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between an addiction interventionist who launched a defamation and libel lawsuit against another recovery operation and one of its program coordinators for a peer support program was settled earlier this year.
PHILADELPHIA – A roofing contractor who suffered a crushed right thumb on the job is suing his former employer for medical expenses, after said employer supposedly did not carry workers compensation insurance when the accident took place.
HARRISBURG – A two-year-old medical malpractice ruling that granted a new trial has been reversed by the Superior Court because the appellee's post-trial motions were not addressed.
PHILADELPHIA – A slippery liquid outside of an apartment complex dumpster is the proximate cause behind a plaintiff’s injurious fall and subsequent injuries, a new lawsuit states.
HARRISBURG – An appeal in a 12-year-old legal malpractice lawsuit has gone the way of two plaintiffs who blame their attorney for the dismissal of their medical malpractice case.
PHILADELPHIA – An Arizona corporation claims it suffered millions in damages after a California corporation abandoned its work on a Philadelphia construction project.
NEW ORLEANS – The manufacturers of blood-thinner drug Xarelto have prevailed in the first federal bellwether trial to determine whether they were responsible for failing to provide a patient's prescribing physician with adequate instructions for the drug's safe use.
NEW ORLEANS – In the first week of the first federal bellwether trial connected to Xarelto, the former commissioner of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) testified to his belief that the manufacturers of Xarelto misled patients on potential risks associated with the blood-thinning medication.
NEW ORLEANS – The initial bellwether trial to ascertain whether the manufacturers of Xarelto are liable for claims which allege the blood-thinning medication caused injury or death to more than 15,000 patients was slated to begin Monday in a Louisiana federal court.
San Juan Construction Inc., a Colorado corporation, is suing AMEC Foster Wheeler Environment & Infrastructure Inc., citing alleged breach of contract.
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania company is suing National Union Fire Insurance Company of Pittsburgh PA and American Home Assurance Company, alleging breach of contract.
A group of corporations is suing AMEC Foster Wheeler Environmental & Infrastructure Inc., citing alleged breach of contract and breach of warranty.
PITTSBURGH — A married couple from New Castle have filed a lawsuit against Central Heating and Plumbing Co. Inc., A.O. Smith Corporation and Bradford White Corporation, alleging negligence in connection with serious burn injuries.
