HARRISBURG – A Monday ruling saw the Superior Court of Pennsylvania reverse the lone defense verdict reached in favor of the manufacturer of anti-psychotic drug Risperdal, Janssen Pharmaceuticals, in the drug’s mass tort proceedings held in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – An audio, video, lighting and staging company is attempting to recover $13,000 in compensation it says a customer never paid it, after said company provided professional services for an event held in Baltimore, Md. this past August.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit between Philadelphia construction companies has reached state court over one of the businesses allegedly defaulting on a sub-contract agreement for work on a major apartment complex in Center City, Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia-based electrician is pursuing legal action against a construction firm he claims has failed to pay him for more than $23,000 of electrical contracting work he provided them on two separate projects.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County-based plaintiffs are seeking well over $300,000 in principal and interest payments subsequent to a mortgage not being executed or recorded for one of the properties it issued a loan to the defendants for.
PHILADELPHIA – A driver for popular ride-sharing app Lyft has sued the entity and its insurance companies for allegedly not approving his claims for first-party benefits after he was injured on the job.
HARRISBURG – Sky Zone Indoor Trampoline Park lost an appeal filed in a personal injury lawsuit after the Superior Court ruled that the injured party’s wife signed participation paperwork on his behalf without his consent, according to an Oct. 31 opinion.
PHILADELPHIA – An engineer for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) has alleged the entity of violating federal laws by negligently failing to maintain and repair a train’s coupler head, which he says led to him suffering severe lower back and leg injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – The first Pennsylvania state bellwether trial connected to blood thinner drug Xarelto, which was set to begin Monday in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, was delayed due to a motion alleging an improper meeting between a plaintiff's doctor and a sales representative of the defense.
PHILADELPHIA – An Allentown medical firm has opted to discontinue a suit it had filed over $11,000 in fees, according to records in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants in a case brought under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) have submitted to the court a motion for partial dismissal over allegations that the plaintiffs failed to state a claim.
PHILADELPHIA – Rite Aid and its subsidiaries have initiated legal action against a facility management business and a pair of insurance companies, for allegedly not indemnifying and defending them from an underlying personal injury lawsuit.
PHILADELPHIA – Rite Aid has filed a motion to dismiss the complaint of a woman who claims the drug store violated her rights under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) by calling her cellphone repeatedly without her consent.
PHILADELPHIA – A new class action lawsuit accuses a therapeutic professional staffing agency and its owners of violating the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Law (WPCL) by allegedly not paying full commissions to their sales representatives.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia roof supply company has initiated litigation against a local contractor, arguing it was not paid more than $10,000 for merchandise and services it provided to that contractor.
HARRISBURG — The state Supreme Court on Oct. 18 found that arbitration is appropriate in a dispute over a pension paid to the wife of a deceased police officer and the city of Arnold.
PHILADELPHIA – An Illinois financial company has initiated legal action against a South Philadelphia child care center, accusing it of defaulting on an equipment lease agreement.
PHILADELPHIA – An 18-year veteran of the Aramark food service company has launched a putative class action lawsuit, claiming the brand violated Philadelphia’s Gratuity Protection Bill (GPB) by illegally and unfairly retaining tips left by patrons who paid by credit cards.
