PITTSBURGH – An organization promoting the teaching of Christianity through literacy has taken legal action against both its former President and Director of Children’s’ Literacy Ministry, claiming they have not returned essential materials to the group after their termination
PHILADELPHIA – According to a federal judge’s ruling, a pair of female Philadelphia police officers who claim they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination will be permitted to examine documents relating to investigation of sexual harassment complaints within the Philadelphia Police Department.
NORRISTOWN – Republican Congressional candidate Kathy Barnette has filed litigation against Montgomery County, claiming its Board of Elections illegally canvassed mail-in ballots received before Election Day and wrongly gave voters with defective ballots an opportunity to cure them.
PITTSBURGH – The Giant Eagle grocery store chain has discounted claims that it is liable for various bodily injuries that a Pittsburgh woman says she suffered in the produce section of its store in Monroeville.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh restaurant that sued Allegheny County and its Health Department for its enforcement of the emergency orders associated with the coronavirus pandemic, arguing it has been damaged by the allegedly-unconstitutional decrees, is asking for the federal action to be sent to bankruptcy court.
HARRISBURG – A trio of Superior Court judges found that a rule of state appellate procedure applied in finalizing the dismissal of a civil complaint brought by a man who claimed while attending a house party, he was beaten so badly that he was once in a coma for eight days as a result of the attack.
PITTSBURGH – A class action suit says a steel slag processing facility releases fugitive dust and air particulates onto the plaintiffs’ property, causing property damage through trespass, public and private nuisance and negligence.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed a motion for judgment on the pleadings in a tavern’s case against its insurance carrier for the time being, as the Court felt the motion invokes the rule against one-way intervention.
PHILADELPHIA – The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has filed for summary judgment and argued it did not illegally withhold information from families and loved ones of crash victims in violation of the Freedom of Information Act.
PHILADELPHIA – Pennsylvania law will not govern the case of a South Dakota woman who sued home shopping magnate QVC after her 2 year-old consumed the company’s magnetic trivets and then required surgery, says a federal judge.
MEDIA – A Delaware County plaintiff alleges that a host of medical professionals failed to diagnose a female inmate of George Hill Correctional Facility with severe cardiopulmonary conditions before she died of cardiac arrest in October 2018.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ruled that state-created danger and negligence claims from the parents of a local child who allegedly suffered from toxic lead exposure at his Philadelphia elementary school are proceeding against the school district, though individual defendants have been dismissed from the case.
PITTSBURGH – The Giant Eagle grocery store chain has countered that it is not responsible for bodily injuries suffered by a Pittsburgh woman in the produce section of its supermarket in Monroeville.
SCRANTON – A federal judge has denied the attempt of Dunmore School District to remand its lawsuit over the reclassification of high school girls’ basketball program to state court, finding federal questions exist in the matter.
PITTSBURGH – A woman who suffered three chipped and broken teeth allegedly because of ceramic shards being in her salad counters that the arguments of the restaurant disclaiming liability for her injuries are insufficiently-supported.
HARRISBURG – A trio of judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania have upheld a state court ruling that the makers of Reglan’s generic version properly warned of its use leading to increased risk for conditions such as tardive dyskinesia.
JOHNSTOWN – A suit brought by a Penn State University campus police officer whose employment was terminated after it was revealed he was colorblind has been settled.
HARRISBURG – A pair of state appeals courts in Pennsylvania have denied the bids of President Donald Trump’s re-election campaign to reject ballots for perceived differences with voters’ signatures and to dispatch poll watchers to monitor early voting sites prior to Election Day.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has now twice ruled that a pair of female Philadelphia police officers who claim they were the longtime targets of harassment and discrimination will not be permitted to depose Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney.
HARRISBURG – A federal judge has dismissed without prejudice the bid of a group of Republican lawmakers and candidates who sued Philadelphia County, Delaware County and Centre County, alleging both GOP candidates and voters are being hurt by the use of nonprofit grant funds from the Center for Tech and Civic Life (CTCL).
