Jefferson Hospital
Business: Health Care Services |
Hospitals & Clinics
132 South 10th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Recent News About Jefferson Hospital
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has concurred with the U.S. government in believing that the Federal Tort Claims Act’s discretionary function exception (DFE) bars injury claims made by a local woman who suffered severe leg injuries in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park in Philadelphia, more than three years ago.
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PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government has rejected an initial $500,000 settlement offer made by counsel for a local woman who suffered severe leg injuries, in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park in Philadelphia more than three years ago.
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PHILADELPHIA – A local man who alleged that a Philadelphia police officer committed a brutal assault against him during his participation in protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year, contends that the City of Philadelphia has not met the burden of proof for the dismissal motion it filed in the case.
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PHILADELPHIA – An officer accused of committing assault against a demonstrator during protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year, has denied any and all wrongdoing in the incident.
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PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is seeking to dismiss civil rights violations claims from a local who man who alleged that a Philadelphia police officer committed a brutal assault against him, during his participation in protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year.
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PHILADELPHIA – A local man alleges an unnamed Philadelphia police officer committed a brutal assault against him during his participation in protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year, and that the City of Philadelphia is also liable for the excessive force he suffered in that incident.
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PHILADELPHIA – A local woman who suffered severe leg injuries in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park more than two years ago argues that the U.S. government’s attempt to dismiss her litigation should be disregarded, based on the fact that the allegations do not fall under the discretionary function exception.
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PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government denies liability for severe leg injuries that a local woman alleged she suffered in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park more than two years ago.
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PITTSBURGH — A Bethal Park senior living facility is facing a lawsuit alleging its overmedicating and neglect of a patient led to her fall, hip fracture, malnutrition and death.
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PHILADELPHIA – A local woman alleges in a personal injury lawsuit that she suffered severe leg injuries in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park more than two years ago.
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PHILADELPHIA – A man who claimed to have been permanently blinded and catastrophically injured by a faulty moulding machine at a local lumber facility, withdrew his initial litigation he filed against the manufacturers of the device, in the wake of a second suit currently pending.
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PHILADELPHIA – A paralegal alleges she was wrongfully terminated from her job with a lawfirm because she was pregnant.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court has upheld the dismissal of the litigation filed by a former nurse at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, deciding she had not offered sufficient evidence to show her termination was based on racial discrimination.
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PHILADELPHIA – A man claiming to have been permanently blinded and catastrophically injured by a faulty moulding machine at a local lumber facility, has sued the manufacturers of the device and the work site where he incurred those same injuries.
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PHILADELPHIA – A former employee of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital who claimed he was wrongfully terminated for taking time off through the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) has lost his appeal against the institution.
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PITTSBURGH — A couple is suing Jefferson Regional Medical Center and three of its doctors, citing alleged insufficient measures were taken to prevent injuries and negligence after their child was delivered stillborn.
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PITTSBURGH — A representative of a deceased woman's estate has filed a wrongful death claim alleging negligence in medical care.
