A North Carolina attorney representing a man who claims he suffered vision loss and other problems as a result of his taking the diabetes drug Avandia has re-filed a products liability claim against drugmaker GlaxoSmithKline in federal court in Philadelphia.
A Florida woman has filed a product liability complaint against Pfizer over injuries her minor child suffered while in utero as a result of the plaintiff taking the anti-depressant drug Zoloft during pregnancy.
A U.S. District judge in Philadelphia has denied a motion by a plaintiff in an employment dispute lawsuit to remand the matter back to state court, ruling that the litigation should be heard in the federal venue.
A federal judge in Philadelphia has granted a motion by the U.S. government to dismiss a complaint brought by a medical equipment supplier involving a contract dispute on the grounds that the court lacks jurisdiction over the matter.
A federal judge in Philadelphia has allowed a strict liability claim over an alleged defective penile implant to proceed against the device’s manufacturer, while simultaneously dismissing a negligence claim against the company.
A federal judge has denied a request by Montgomery County to dismiss a lawsuit against it that had been filed by a former prison inmate who claimed a failure on the part of correctional medical staff to detect a spinal abscess caused him to suffer great bodily harm.
A former employee of a Philadelphia youth detention center can move forward with his claims that the city failed to offer him the COBRA health insurance extension following his termination, a federal judge has ruled.
A federal civil rights lawsuit filed in 2009 on behalf of a black police officers’ group that alleged racism by their white counterparts has reached a pending settlement.
