The following cases categorized as "labor" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 26. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Kisha A Dandridge against Short Term Disability Income Plan of Jefferson on March 26.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 15. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Lena Buccigrossi against Thomas Jefferson University on Jan. 15.
PITTSBURGH – OnStar is filing to remove to federal court a case brought by an 87-year-old Western Pennsylvania man with a heart condition who claimed he was detained by police on suspicion of being a car thief, because the OnStar system in his vehicle erroneously reported it to law enforcement authorities as stolen.
PHILADELPHIA – A former Thomas Jefferson University hospital employee who alleged her legitimate use of medical marijuana led to her dismissal from the facility has been permitted to proceed with her case.
After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Jefferson Hills Area Ambulance Association – a private ambulance service operating as Southeast Regional EMS in Clairton and Elizabeth, Pennsylvania – has paid $35,492 in back wages to 12 first responder employees for violating overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River is the burden of the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority, according to Union Township.
PITTSBURGH – An 87-year-old Western Pennsylvania man with a heart condition says he was detained by police on suspicion of being a car thief, because the OnStar system in his vehicle erroneously reported it to law enforcement authorities as stolen.
PITTSBURGH – Jefferson Hills School District has cited the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act in its defense against claims brought by the mother of a high school boy who lacerated two fingers on the exposed metal portion of bleachers during his gym class.
PHILADELPHIA – After a finding of default, a Philadelphia social club accused of discriminating through its membership application process against prospective Black members has now requested that same default be set aside.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Oct. 6. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Ann L. Jefferson and Leon Jefferson against Mckesson Corp., Merck & Co. Inc. and Merck Sharp and Dohme Corp. on Oct. 6.
PITTSBURGH – The mother of a high school boy who lacerated two fingers on the exposed metal portion of bleachers during his gym class has brought a lawsuit against the school district on her son’s behalf.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by CLP Associates LLC against Seneca Insurance Company Inc. on Sept. 17.
PITTSBURGH – Much like West Elizabeth Borough, Union Township argues it is not liable for the termination of a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River.