PHILADELPHIA — In a surprising decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has overturned a Philadelphia federal court ruling that dismissed a former medical
resident’s Title IX claims against the private Mercy Catholic Medical Center.
PHILADELPHIA – The latest development in a lawsuit surrounding the pursuit of a multimillion-dollar Liberian judgment has resulted in a federal judge issuing bench warrants for the arrests of a British Virgin Islands-based attorney and a prominent Irish real estate developer funding it.
HARRISBURG — The Commonwealth Court has reversed the Court of Common Pleas of Centre County's order to deny reimbursement of attorneys fees and costs to a group of Penn State University trustees related to their efforts to access documents used in the Freeh Report.
HARRISBURG – A doctor enrolled as an internal medicine resident at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville is seeking a federal judge to waive a two-year foreign residency requirement of his exchange visitor program, and prevent his forced return to his native Egypt.
HARRISBURG — The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania recently upheld the granting of a Workers’ Compensation claim to a woman whose leg had to be partially amputated after a luggage transporter she was driving at Pittsburgh International Airport overturned.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a former Wal-Mart assistant manager and the prominent retailer over the ex-employee claiming he was discriminated against and harassed due to his Jehovah’s Witness religious beliefs has been settled, according to court records.
PHILADELPHIA – The dismissal of a medical negligence lawsuit that hinged on orders related to the allowance of expert testimony was upheld on March 3 by the Pennsylvania Superior Court.
ALLENTOWN – A healthcare lab quality manager’s wrongful termination lawsuit will in fact be remanded to the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, per a federal court’s decision reached last Friday.
ALLENTOWN – Court records show a settlement was reached last fall in the case of a former employee of Berks Gymnastic Academy who sued the business and her ex-supervisor for allegations of sexual assault.
In June 2014, Melody Stoops began a business venture that would lead to the collection
of at least 35 cell phones that she stored in a shoebox. Though she lived in a small town in central Pennsylvania, she used Florida area codes when she registered for a new phone number for each.
PHILADELPHIA - The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
has overturned a lower court ruling that upheld a fine imposed by the Philadelphia
Parking Authority, Taxicab and Limousine Division against Germantown Cab Co.
HARRISBURG – To say attorney Anthony Pinnie is frustrated by a “bizarre” Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruling that vacated a judgment awarded to his client would be an understatement.
PHILADELPHIA – An attorney for Lord & Taylor believes allegations for recklessness and punitive damages made in a lawsuit over a sewing needle, one which one of the plaintiffs said seriously injured her, were not proven to legal sufficiency.
PITTSBURGH — Two Allegheny County residents are suing FMS Financial Solutions LLC, alleging the debt collection agency misrepresented their amount owed stemming from a dispute with a landlord.
LANCASTER – An Elizabethtown landscape company has filed preliminary objections, in response to a lawsuit where a plaintiff alleged it failed to perform adequate snow removal services and was then injured.
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court ruled for a former Towamencin fire marshal Kevin Pezzano suing the township, overruling an earlier decision by the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County.
HARRISBURG – Judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania have reinstated a lawsuit against Lackawanna Junior College and members of its football program staff, filed on behalf of two of its former football players seriously injured in a full-contact practice drill.
PHILADELPHIA – A woman’s lawsuit filed against a Center City Philadelphia shoe store she purchased a pair of sandals from, which she was allegedly injured by, has been dismissed from state court for failure to state a claim.
MEDIA – A plaintiff alleges a series of medical defendants were negligent in failing to properly treat a woman for complications related to Stevens-Johnson Syndrome, which ultimately resulted in her death.
