NEW ORLEANS – A federal judge has ruled that 1,200 product liability lawsuits filed against the manufacturers of anti-coagulant drug Xarelto will soon be removed from their multi-district litigation (MDL) status, for resolution in separate jury trials.
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 Montgomery County property management company is seeking to recoup more than $100,000 from an MMA training school, which allegedly defaulted on its building lease in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia plaintiff has accused a California finance company of improperly pursuing an alleged debt against him, and violating federal and state laws in the process of doing so.
MEDIA – After first being sent to federal court, the case of a plaintiff suing beverage companies for premises liability allegations which he said caused him to suffer serious arm and shoulder injuries in the course of his employment with a trucking company, was settled.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed parts of a lawsuit filed against the city of Philadelphia, two former police detectives and a former police officer by Shaurn Thomas, a man who “was convicted of a murder he did not commit,” according to an opinion entered Feb. 2 by U.S. District Judge Gene E.K. Pratter.
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania has granted Mildon Bus Lines' motion for summary judgment, saying that plaintiff Community Vocational Schools of Pittsburgh failed to provide enough evidence for its Telephone Consumer Protect Act lawsuit.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled in a Feb. 21 opinion that an out-of-state plaintiff can sue a Pennsylvania-based company under Pennsylvania’s Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (UTPCPL).
HARRISBURG – Law firm Fine & Wyatt PC is seeking payment of $7,500 in legal fees it allegedly negotiated in a payment compromise with clients who elected to switch to a different firm.
PHILADELPHIA – A new lawsuit in state court claims a patron of a South Philadelphia pub was assaulted by another customer, as a result of the establishment allegedly overserving the assailant and not ensuring the premises were safe for him.
PHILADELPHIA – An Ohio trades group that supplied workers and labor for a Philadelphia construction project says it is owed in excess of $58,000 for that same labor, an amount the defendant has supposedly refused to pay.
PITTSBURGH – A new lawsuit in state court alleges that a natural gas company’s erroneous billing practices and its refusal to correct them have caused financial harm to a Valencia business owner.
PHILADELPHIA – A former services manager for a Philadelphia children's social services organization says the group violated Pennsylvania’s wage payment laws, when it allegedly refused to compensate her for back pay.
PHILADELPHIA – A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) bus passenger, who was allegedly injured in a collision between the bus and a passing car about two-and-a-half years ago, is seeking for the transportation entity to pay his medical bills for injuries he sustained from the crash.
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. District Judge Gerald J. Pappert allowed admission of evidence related to some prior convictions of the plaintiff and one of the defendants in a hostile work environment, retaliation and aiding and abetting case, according to a Feb. 6 memorandum filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
ALLENTOWN – Despite a third ruling denying certification of a class of insurance beneficiaries in payment method litigation filed against Prudential Insurance Co. of America, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania did certify a subclass in a Jan. 29 opinion after making a partial ruling in favor of the plaintiffs on Dec. 6.
PHILADELPHIA – Angela Gentry, the widow of country music star Troy Gentry, who was killed in a helicopter accident in Medford, N.J. last fall, has filed a survival and wrongful death action in a Philadelphia court against the companies involved in her late husband’s fatal crash.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia federal judge on Feb. 5 found no grounds to dismiss a debt collection complaint filed by a former Drexel University student.
PHILADELPHIA – Whether a four-hour ER delay in 2015 cost a Pennsylvania woman vision in one eye and adversely impacted her life remains on the books following a memorandum opinion issued by a judge in Philadelphia Feb. 6.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted Genesis Healthcare Corp.’s partial motion to dismiss a Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit filed by a former employee, according to an opinion issued on Feb. 6.
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