PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against the Defender Association of Philadelphia will continue toward trial, after a federal judge denied the latter’s motion for summary judgment.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit brought on behalf of a man who worked at Philadelphia International Airport and was fatally stabbed after a conflict with a co-worker, have had their motions to dismiss partially granted.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge is permitting an opportunity for parties involved in a massive multi-district antitrust litigation surrounding the pricing of generic drugs to argue which cases would or would not make proper choices as bellwether cases, prior to that list being finalized.
PHILADELPHIA – The Atlanta Braves baseball team has settled a federal lawsuit which accused the team of discriminating against and firing a former scout after they learned of his physical disabilities.
PHILADELPHIA – A protester who filed a lawsuit against a U.S. Secret Service agent in that agent's personal and professional capacities will have one of his Fourth Amendment claims heard, but his First Amendment claims against the agent were dismissed Sept. 30 because the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ruled it did not have jurisdiction over a federal agent.
PHILADELPHIA - A bus driver’s lawsuit against Wallingford-Swarthmore School District, its superintendent and human resources director, which stemmed from the revocation of his union membership, has been dismissed.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge in Philadelphia recently denied a motion from dozens of drug manufacturers to dismiss claims that they participated in an “overarching conspiracy” to fix prices, rig bids, and engage in market and customer allocations of certain generic pharmaceutical products, in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
PHILADELPHIA -- A class action lawsuit against Liberty Mutual Insurance will remain in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the court decided July 17.
PHILADELPHIA – On May 29, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania selected a group of individuals and two law firms to lead a securities class action on behalf of investors against Trevena Inc.
PHILADELPHIA - Aetna sued the pharmaceutical company, the doctor, and the executives, as well as other physicians and company representatives, over an alleged fraudulent scheme to induce the insurance provider into covering off-label prescriptions of Subsys, an opioid medication.
Eagleville Hospital has agreed to pay more than $500,000 to settle a class action lawsuit over allegations of unpaid overtime compensation, a federal judge announced last week.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania dismissed a racketeering lawsuit filed against U.S. Xpress Enterprises Inc., Pratt (Corrugated Logistics) LLC and certain employees of both companies, according to a memorandum opinion entered on Feb. 5 by Judge Cynthia M. Rufe.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has ruled the claims of a pediatric ophthalmologist who believes he was wrongfully terminated under federal law as dismissed.
PHILADELPHIA – A Newtown Square continuing care facility won its motion for dismissal of three of four of a plaintiff’s discrimination claims, due to said plaintiff allegedly not responding to the motion in question.
PHILADELPHIA – Plaintiffs in a mortgage foreclosure action have challenged the ruling of a federal judge who ruled the doctrine of res judicata effectively barred their claims from proceeding in court.
PHILADELPHIA – A judge has ruled that a lack of proper attribution for federally-based jurisdiction has led to the dismissal of a complaint from a man who alleged he was improperly committed to a hospital for treatment.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge said the doctrine of res judicata effectively bars several claims initiated in a mortgage foreclosure action from proceeding in court.
PHILADELPHIA – The statute of limitations applied to a complaint regarding outstanding costs related to a Philadelphia property sold at sheriff’s sale more than three years ago, has led that complaint to be dismissed in federal court.
