PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff who suffered severe electric shock from operating a Toastmaster coffee pot is suing the manufacturers of the appliance and the store from where he purchased it, among other defendants.
PHILADELPHIA – In response to the Trump Administration imposing new conditions on cities seeking to obtain criminal justice grant funding, the City of Philadelphia has sued U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions in federal court.
PHILADELPHIA – A lower court did not err when it approved a declaration of summary judgment to a pair of Philadelphia police officers, in a case initiated by a man who said they lacked probable cause to arrest him, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit said.
PHILADELPHIA — A Pennsylvania corporation is suing Florida-based defendants Proterra Solutions LLC, Stanley Gibson, Deborah Gibson and Mark Lafon, alleging breach of contract, breach of warranty and fraud.
PHILADELPHIA – An appellate judge says the plaintiff of record in a qui tam action cannot be granted access to stenographic court records which he says do not exist.
PITTSBURGH — The parents of a minor are suing West Penn Allegheny Health System Inc., d/b/a Forbes Regional Hospital; Jadyn Swerbinsky, P.A.; Alyssa B. Rotolo, M.D.; Emergency Medical Physicians of Allegheny County Ltd.; Clare W. Budd, D.O.; Ken Gibson, M.D.; and UPMC Community Medicine Inc., d/b/a Partners in Health-UPMC, alleging negligence in medical care.
HARRISBURG — A plan administrator has filed suit against a plan participant, citing alleged constructive trust for allegedly failing to honor a reimbursement claim.
JOHNSTOWN – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania last month issued a ruling in the case of Stoops v. Wells Fargo Bank, NA that narrows the requirements needed to be shown in order to file a federal lawsuit over alleged violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA).
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court upheld a trial court ruling to dismiss a Willow Grove woman’s civil rights-based lawsuit centered on the cognitive capacity of her mother on Tuesday.
PHILADELPHIA – A Doylestown man’s lawsuit against Progressive Insurance Company has had its claims mostly dismissed, per an edict issued by a federal judge on May 13.
A Pennsylvania organization is suing a woman over an alleged agreement breach, citing failure to reimburse plan funds as mandated by the proceeds of litigation.
PHILADELPHIA - The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged an elderly businessman with illegal stock trading action based on insider information allegedly gained from his son’s girlfriend.