The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jean Coulter against James P. Coulter on Jan. 5.
PHILADELPHIA – The family of a mentally-ill man killed in a police-involved shooting in Plymouth Township have sued the municipality and ten of its police officers for survival and wrongful death.
PHILADELPHIA — A Renewable Stock Energy stockholder alleges the company's board failed to disclose proper information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its merger with Chevron.
HARRISBURG – A group of Pennsylvania Republicans has withdrawn its legal challenge to state officials surrounding the recent selection of a new congressional map, without prejudice.
ALLENTOWN – Litigation which alleged that a group of medical professionals incorrectly performed a surgery and caused a woman's death from internal bleeding, is now headed towards settlement.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has rejected a Bethlehem hospital’s summary judgment attempt to dismiss itself from litigation alleging a series of medical professionals incorrectly performed a surgery which he claims resulted in his wife’s death from internal bleeding.
ALLENTOWN – A New Jersey man who filed a federal lawsuit against the medical professionals involved in a surgery he claims resulted in his wife’s death from internal bleeding, is opposing a Bethlehem hospital’s attempt to have itself dismissed from the litigation through summary judgment.
ALLENTOWN – A Bethlehem hospital has filed a motion for summary judgment, seeking to dismiss litigation alleging that a local woman died from internal bleeding resulting from a surgery at the very same hospital.
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.
JOHNSTOWN – The manufacturer of a device created to assist babies in sleeping has denied allegations from an Altoona couple that the defective machine caused the death of their three-month-old son from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
PITTSBURGH – The case of a Western Pennsylvania man who said he lost his right eye, suffered permanent blindness and other injuries after his eye and face were struck by a “Hold-Zit” strap device, has been transferred to a North Carolina federal court.
PITTSBURGH – A Verona woman whose son was murdered by a Pittsburgh-area man, a one-time college classmate previously diagnosed with severe psychiatric illness and violent impulses, is opposing a protective order pertaining to psychiatric treatment records filed by his parents.
JOHNSTOWN – An Altoona couple claim a device created to assist babies in sleeping instead caused the death of their three-month-old son from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome due to the product’s inherent defects.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who said he lost his right eye, suffered permanent blindness and other injuries after his eye and face were struck by a “Hold-Zit” strap device, is moving to transfer the case to North Carolina.
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.
SCRANTON – A pair of property owners and a campground foundation in Scranton deny that construction that took place on a campsite violates the terms of a 2005 property sale agreement that the defendants pledged to abide by.
The following cases categorized as "insurance" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on June 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
