The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Edward Paul Margo and Mary Ann Sirko against Ethicon Inc. and Johnson & Johnson on July 7.
JOHNSTOWN – The mother of a young Pennsylvania man killed in a work-related incident with a trash truck argues that the truck company’s attempt to dismiss her wrongful death lawsuit is based in error.
PITTSBURGH – The mother of a young Pennsylvania man killed in a work-related incident with a trash truck has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the entities responsible for designing and selling the vehicle.
The Department of Justice has announced that it is making $850 million available to help public safety agencies respond to the challenges posed by the outbreak of COVID-19. The Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding program.
HARRISBURG – The Pennsylvania Superior Court recently reinstated a lawsuit against the Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown filed by a woman who alleged she was repeatedly molested by a pedophile priest in the 1970s and 1980s.
HARRISBURG – The identities of clergy members accused of committing sexual abuse against children and teenagers in August’s state grand jury report detailing such abuse statewide in the Catholic Church will remain redacted, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has decided.
PITTSBURGH – As the aftermath of the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office’s grand jury report into child sexual abuse committed statewide by members of the Roman Catholic Church continues, alleged victims have taken to suing the Church.
PITTSBURGH — A former police officer is suing the City of Johnstown, Craig Foust and Melissa Komar, local municipality and city officials, citing alleged retaliation and violation of the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act.
An individual is suing the City of Johnstown, Cambria County, David Tulowitzki, Merrill Brant, Scott Ermlick, Angelo Cancelliere and Lawrence Wagner, citing alleged wrongful conviction and incarceration.
WASHINGTON – According to a report compiled by a Washington, D.C.-based consulting firm that covers mass tort and product liability litigation, Pennsylvania ranks a stark second nationwide in asbestos lawsuits filed by plaintiffs allegedly suffering from mesothelioma.
PITTSBURGH – A Florida property owner has started legal action against a photography business and its owners, who rented allegedly rented a property from the plaintiff for their business, abandoned it and did not fulfill the financial terms of the relevant lease agreement.
PITTSBURGH – A man who suffered back and upper-body injuries after encountering industrial waste on the premises of a U.S. Steel plant, is taking both the corporation and an environmental group tasked with the plant’s clean-up to state court.
PITTSBURGH — A Johnstown man is suing The Hartford Life and Accident Insurance Company, citing alleged breach of contract for wrongly denying his long-term disability benefits.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff’s appeal to the dismissal of his complaint for failure to state a claim for discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and age discrimination under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) has been rejected by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The average number of companies targeted by some of the biggest asbestos firms in their lawsuits is in the triple-figures, according to recent statistics, leading some, especially those in claims management, to question the strategy of plaintiffs’ lawyers.
PITTSBURGH — Two employees have filed a class-action lawsuit against the Dairy Queen Grill and Chill Restaurant franchise in Johnstown, claiming the restaurant did not properly compensate them for overtime work.
