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PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling, which found that Pennsylvania state law and a related injunction bars the City of Philadelphia from enforcing its ban on sales of flavored cigars.
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PHILADELPHIA – A United Kingdom couple who own property in Bucks County have settled claims with the manufacturer and distributor of an audio speaker they purchased, one which they claim malfunctioned and caused a catastrophic fire at that same property.
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ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has denied the Easton Area School District’s attempt to dismiss counts from a lawsuit filed by an ex-varsity high school wrestling coach who alleged he faced discriminatory and racist conduct, including being fired, because he is Black.
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PHILADELPHIA – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an Arizona man for sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a local priest when he was a boy, with a federal judge concluding that Pennsylvania’s two-year statute of limitations stopped the case from proceeding.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has dismissed a bad faith claim alleged against GEICO Insurance Company, in the wake of a passenger injured in an accident and who was denied payment of underinsured motorist benefits.
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PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is now barred by an injunction from enforcing its ban on flavored cigar sales, after a federal judge found that Pennsylvania state law pre-empted the City’s ordinance governing the matter.
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PHILADELPHIA - A company accused of a data breach that included releasing all W-2s for its U.S. employers to a cybercriminal will soon pay a settlement from a class action lawsuit.
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PHILADELPHIA — A Fort Worth, Texas-based airline being sued by a Huntingdon Valley couple over an employee's fall that allegedly caused injuries in a jet bridge last year is asking a federal judge to throw out the case.
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PHILADELPHIA - A woman suing a potential employer that rescinded an offer to her because her temporary visa expires in 2020 is allowed to sue for negligent misrepresentation, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania determined July 26.
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PHILADELPHIA - On July 25, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania issued a preliminary injunction in a dispute between an international ballet shoe company and its exclusive provider in the United States.
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PHILADELPHIA – A U.S. District Court has granted a contracted employee for Best Behavioral Healthcare more than $8,100 in back pay.
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PHILADELPHIA – The case of a man who slipped and fell in a Delaware County Walmart in 2017 is on its way back to Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas after the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania declined to dismiss charges against the store's manager.
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PHILADELPHIA – A settlement conference was recently scheduled for a lawsuit brought by an inmate serving a life sentence at SCI-Phoenix who claimed a now-retired prison unit manager retaliated against him on two occasions.
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PHILADELPHIA – A pair of card players who sustained combined losses of a quarter-million dollars at Philadelphia’s SugarHouse Casino have alleged the gaming establishment supplied their table games incorrectly and illegitimately, literally stacking the deck in its own favor.
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PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania recently denied a law firm's motion to withdraw as counsel for another law firm being sued in dispute over unpaid invoices for legal advertising services.
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PHILADELPHIA – An inmate serving a life sentence at SCI-Phoenix claims a now-retired prison unit manager retaliated against him on two occasions, in response to his protest for losing his single-occupancy cell and for filing a lawsuit against the manager in question.
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PHILADELPHIA - The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has given preliminary approval in a class action lawsuit involving a company-wide data breach.
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PHILADELPHIA - A federal judge has denied a motion for reconsideration from a Pennsylvania charity that claimed it found new evidence to support its claim that the charity freight broker’s negligence led to a third-party load carrier damaging one of the charity’s deliveries in transit and injuring one of its volunteers.
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PHILADELPHIA – A breach of contract lawsuit filed against convenience store chain 7-Eleven by one of its longtime franchisees, who claimed the company “made life miserable for him," has been dismissed for lack of specificity related to the charge and with leave to file an amended complaint.
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PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that the value of eggs must be calculated by the price egg farmers paid to purchase them domestically.
