PHILADELPHIA – Per an order from a Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas judge, a woman’s sidewalk fall premises liability lawsuit emanating from North Philadelphia was settled prior to assignment for trial.
MINNEAPOLIS — A couple's lawsuit against Bayer Healthcare Pharmaceuticals Inc., Schering Corporation and IVAX Pharmaceuticals Inc. which had cited alleged failure to warn, liability and product liability was dismissed last year, according to court records.
PHILADELPHIA – A hearing has been slated to decide the result of several preliminary objections at issue in the personal injury lawsuit filed by a King of Prussia man who was allegedly seriously injured by gunfire outside a Landsdowne bar.
PHILADELPHIA – An injury lawsuit related to a 2012 motor vehicle accident has been withdrawn entirely, canceling a hearing scheduled in the matter for this past Monday and making the case moot.
PHILADELPHIA – A local police chief was recently dismissed from a Crum Lynne man’s lawsuit alleging his civil rights were violated by the chief and a number of his department’s police officers.
PHILADELPHIA – After a number of possible switches in representation, a plaintiff’s injury lawsuit related to a 2012 motor vehicle accident appears poised to move forward.
PHILADELPHIA – Motions from plaintiff counsel to withdraw appearance and defense counsel to enforce settlement in a car accident case have both been withdrawn by the attorneys who initially filed them.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge has rejected a petition to open a judgment levied against a Camden, N.J.-based builder that claimed an insurance carrier’s analysis delayed its response to service of a personal injury lawsuit.
HARRISBURG – An Amish couple have won an appeal against the Sugar Grove Sewer Authority that will allow them to connect to the township’s sewer system in the way that is least restrictive to their religious beliefs.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge rescinded a Judgment of Non Pros ruling he previously issued in a motor vehicle accident case last month, after learning the reason for plaintiff counsel's absence at a pre-trial conference.
WASHINGTON – Dissent in a capital murder case, in which the U.S. Supreme Court ruled earlier this month that prosecutors can't judge actions they've prosecuted, is as instructive as the majority ruling, an expert in said during a recent interview.
PITTSBURGH – A decision handed down by a federal judge in the state's western district, dismissing most claims but allowing others to proceed against polypropylene mesh manufacturers and providers, is unique perhaps only in its normalcy, a Philadelphia attorney said during a recent interview.
PHILADELPHIA – A trio of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit have upheld a dismissal regarding an Allentown woman’s claims of age discrimination versus her former employer, Lehigh Valley Hospital, Inc., as well as a denial of her motion for reconsideration.
HARRISBURG – The Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) attempt to
block a merger between the Penn State Hershey Medical Center and PinnacleHealth
System, the first of two rejected hospital merger injunction requests in as
many months, will be heard next by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third
Circuit.
PHILADELPHIA — A U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on a case involving the repossession of a car leaves questions unanswered about whether such actions might violate state or federal law, but makes clear that it’s not a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to do so.
PHILADELPHIA – A petition for distribution of wrongful death and survival benefits in the mid-six figures and a related motion as to the allocation ratio for its distribution is to be decided this week.
PHILADELPHIA – On June 7, a federal judge ruled a plaintiff has in fact stated a valid claim for violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Pennsylvania Minimum Wage Act (PMWA), when he accused his former employer of failing to compensate him with overtime pay.
PHILADELPHIA – A per curiam decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit resulted in the Rooker-Feldman doctrine precluding a Scranton appellant’s claims under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 against a Lackawanna County judge.
PHILADELPHIA – Per order of a federal judge, a Philadelphia man’s lawsuit alleging a breach of contract against Drexel University has been remanded to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – A libel lawsuit brought by a Philadelphia firefighter against the New York Daily News, earlier dismissed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in February, has officially been listed for re-argument next week before the same panel of judges who decided the case.
