SCRANTON – A prolific expert witness on construction matters has reached a settlement that would vacate judicial orders that required him to pay more than $22,000 for refusing to be videotaped during a deposition.
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has awarded $40,000 for lost wages, pain and suffering, and punitive damages to a former employee of Fairmount Foundry Inc.
Two Philadelphia restaurants, J.H.S.K, Inc. and Osaka Japan Restaurant, Inc., both doing business as Osaka, and their owner, have agreed to a consent judgment ordering them to pay $935,000 in back wages and liquidated damages to 201 employees for willful violations of the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The employers must also pay a $65,000 civil money penalty.
WILKES-BARRE — A former employee is suing HCR ManorCare Inc., d/b/a Hampton House, a nursing care facility, citing alleged age discrimination, disability discrimination, retaliation, and violation of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
SCRANTON — A Florida couple is suing Hilton Worldwide Holdings and Millet Real Estate, claiming injuries in a slip-and-fall accident on a floor that allegedly was slippery.
HARRISBURG – A California-based tungsten powder and products manufacturer has launched legal action in federal court accusing a direct competitor of using defamatory tactics to undermine the plaintiff’s business and harm its reputation.
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania family who were guests of a Hampton Inn hotel in Warwick, R.I., this summer claim they were injured and their personal property permanently damaged after being attacked and bitten by bed bugs.
PHILADELPHIA – A guest of the Hampton Inn by Hilton in Royersford says he got more than he bargained for when his stay at the hotel resulted in him being attacked and bitten by bed bugs.
