HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has upheld the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review’s decision to grant eligibility for benefits to a paralegal who was dismissed from her duties last year.
HARRISBURG – A landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the concept of specific jurisdiction in 2017 did not guide the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, when it affirmed a $12.85 million damages award in a pelvic mesh injury matter against a Johnson & Johnson subsidiary.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for Scott Township and one of its commissioners say that claims from a Western Pennsylvania real estate company, its owner and his sister-in-law in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed against them have not been pled satisfactorily for the case to proceed.
HARRISBURG – A temp employee placed in a Starbucks roasting plant in York says she was subjected to a racially hostile work environment and then terminated unlawfully when she spoke out against the alleged treatment she received.
ERIE – The Erie School District maintains it did not discriminate against an emotionally disabled and autistic boy and then unsafely ejected him from school, contrary to the allegations contained in a lawsuit filed by the boy’s mother.
PHILADELPHIA – Plaintiffs from states all over the country have filed class action litigation stating Steaz’s “Organic Lightly Sweetened Iced Green Tea” is nothing of the sort, and that it actually contains sugar levels higher than healthy and recommended daily levels for consumers.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man has filed class action litigation against Target, alleging it not only makes millions of dollars in sales of dietary products throughout Pennsylvania, but does so by illegally overcharging customers.
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania has transferred a state prisoner’s complaint over the legality of his mail service to the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas.
HARRISBURG – In a 4-3 decision, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania decided to consider if county election officials are permitted to discard mail-in ballots purely predicated on comparing the signatures of voters on ballot envelopes and registration forms, prior to Election Day in less than three weeks.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants associated with a civil rights violation case filed by an African-American and Muslim contractor who claimed he was first framed for materials theft by a racist employee and then arrested by members of the Philadelphia Police Department, allege that his claims are barred.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh restaurant has 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.
PITTSBURGH – A pair of Pennsylvania residents who filed a class action lawsuit against Chipotle Mexican Grill, claiming that the chain restaurant fails to provide proper amounts of change to its customers in exchange for purchased food, are now seeking to remand their case from a federal court to state court.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman says she was wrongfully arrested for a stabbing incident that occurred in Pittsburgh due to a case of mistaken identity, and has filed suit against the police entities she feels are responsible.
WILLIAMSPORT – A group of Republican lawmakers and candidates are suing Philadelphia County, Delaware County and Centre County in a federal court, 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).
PITTSBURGH – A Homestead restaurant has disavowed itself of liability for the circumstances leading to a woman suffering three chipped and broken teeth allegedly because of ceramic shards being in her salad.
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations has hit back at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s claims that its investigation into alleged race discrimination at its publication has violated its First Amendment rights.
PHILADELPHIA – In a lawsuit brought by the parents of a child who alleged medical malpractice in requiring their son to have emergency surgery to remove one of his testicles, hospital defendants say a negligence claim wasn’t properly pled.
PITTSBURGH – Plaintiffs in an action surrounding a Pittsburgh man’s permanent, parasite-related eye damage on a whitewater rapids ride have accused the defendants of failing to provide necessary information near the eve of trial.
HARRISBURG – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has stayed a lower court’s ruling declaring Gov. Tom Wolf’s coronavirus emergency measures unconstitutional while the appeal process continues, thereby keeping restrictions on crowd sizes relating to the pandemic in place.
PHILADELPHIA – A Texas man and a California private investigation firm who were the targets of a class action lawsuit over fraud claims, have dropped their litigation against the attorneys behind the class action.
