PHILADELPHIA – A Saul Ewing LLP partner believes a ruling made in a 15-year-old False Claims Act (FCA) whistleblower lawsuit by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania may not have been entirely fair to the defendants, given the nature of the case.
PHILADELPHIA – According to a federal appellate court, a former hospital employee in Philadelphia did not meet the burden of proof required to substantiate her age discrimination claims.
PHILADELPHIA – A panel of appellate judges has ruled a woman’s Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA) complaint of age and sex discrimination against her former employer did not pass the legal standard needed to prove such claims.
PHILADELPHIA – The attorney for a Newtown Square woman who was allegedly injured when a sewing needle that she claims was left in a pair of Stuart Weitzman boots became lodged in her leg said a lawsuit filed Jan. 27 against the shoe company was filed because “the company’s representative was not responding to our requests to settle the case.”
MONTOURSVILLE – Pennsylvania counties experiencing a boom in fracking also see increases in employment, salaries and violent crime, a shale networking organization said in a recent newsletter.
PHILADELPHIA – A proposed class of life insurance beneficiaries have been denied certification in their lawsuit that alleges that Prudential Insurance Co. of America violated Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 regulations based on the method it used to make payments.
MEDIA – A woman initiated legal action versus her physician and the Rothman Institute, believing they were collectively negligent in performing two unnecessary hip surgeries on her in 2015.
PHILADELPHIA – A decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the Third District has identified subgroups as a segment of employees that
cannot be discriminated against under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act
(ADEA).
The woman alleges a local physician committed medical professional negligence in prescribing her an antibiotic medication that led her to become seriously ill and resulted in the termination of her pregnancy.
HARRISBURG – A planned state Department of Environmental Protection appeal of a Commonwealth Court ruling related to the continuation of unpermitted discharge penalties under the Clean Streams Law could be potentially rendered moot after the Environmental Hearing Board sets a penalty amount early this year.
MEDIA – A man is suing a pair of companies in Pennsylvania and Florida responsible for designing, manufacturing and maintaining a trash compactor/bailer unit, which he says crushed his left arm and resulted in him sustaining permanent injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – A panel of appellate judges have chosen to uphold a trial court’s ruling to grant summary judgment to a furniture distributor, saying it did not breach either an implied warrant of merchantability or a contract with a hospitality industry furniture manufacturer.
PHILADELPHIA – A case in which a woman making claims against Bill Cosby that he allegedly drugged and sexually assaulted her has been dismissed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
HARRISBURG – Franchisors in Pennsylvania were handed a legal victory in the debate over whether a franchisor can be considered the employer of its individual franchisees. In a case involving a Saladworks franchisee employee's on-the-job injury, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court allowed a Commonwealth Court ruling to stand, which allows the franchisor to avoid liability.
PHILADELPHIA – A Dec. 22 opinion issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania found that the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) requirement that a credit reporting agency must submit “complete and up to date” information on a job candidate does not refer to accuracy or identifying information on the consumer in question.
PHILADELPHIA – A panel of appellate judges have ruled to affirm a trial court ruling to dismiss a man’s second amendment complaint in a federal discrimination litigation.
PHILADELPHIA – In a per curiam decision, federal appellate judges have decided to uphold a lower court’s ruling that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and its associates are not liable for damages in allegedly failing to register a man’s trailer for the trucking company he owned.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge says the Montreal Convention hasn’t been proven to govern a dispute centered on a shipment of human growth hormone that was damaged in transit.
HARRISBURG – The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed a ruling in December in which the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery Count denied a motion for a preliminary injunction against an ordinance that prohibits the carrying or discharging of firearms in a park without a special permit.
ERIE – What happens when the Department of Labor sues a defunct wind turbine company on behalf of employees whose retirement funds have allegedly disappeared? If you’re the trustee for the plan, you may be personally responsible for putting the money back.
