Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
Recent News About Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
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Tenant sues Property Management Company over Negligence Leading to Severe Injury
Eddie Wilson has filed a lawsuit against Golden Home Maintenance alleging negligence after he suffered severe injuries due to crumbling basement steps at his residence. The case highlights significant accusations regarding property maintenance failures and seeks over $50,000 in damages. -
Tenant Sues Scranton Housing Authority Over Negligence Leading to Injury
Diane Dale has filed a lawsuit against Scranton Housing Authority following an accident where she fell due to a faulty handicap bar in her apartment bathroom. Represented by attorney Kevin M. Conaboy, Dale seeks damages for her injuries and accuses the housing authority of negligence in maintaining safe living conditions. -
Customer Sues Home Improvement Giant Over Severe Injuries Caused by Negligence
Harold Strickland has filed a lawsuit against Home Depot USA Inc., alleging negligence after suffering severe injuries from an exposed nail while shopping at one of their stores. The case highlights potential lapses in customer safety protocols at large retail chains. -
Man's slip on banana peel leads to lawsuit
SCRANTON - A banana peel is to blame for a man's fall at a Sunoco gas station, a lawsuit seeking damages from the company says. -
UTV makers object to lawsuit over crash and fatal drowning
SCRANTON – A pair of Minnesota manufacturers of an off-road utility vehicle have disavowed liability for allegedly contributing to a fatal UTV accident two years ago, which took the life of the plaintiff’s wife by drowning in the aftermath of the crash. -
Former mattress company executive claims he was terminated during medical leave of absence
SCRANTON – The former President and CEO of a New York-based mattress company claims that he was unlawfully terminated from his role during an approved leave of absence for medical reasons. -
Man says bouncers of Scranton pub wrongly assaulted and maced him in parking lot
SCRANTON – A Lackawanna County man alleges that subsequent to an altercation outside of a local pub, the establishment’s bouncers assaulted him, handcuffed him and maced him at close range. -
Parents of girl who broke wrist and forearm at camp settle claims for $100K
SCRANTON – The parents of a 12-year-old girl who suffered a broken wrist and forearm due to a fall on the uneven bars at a Pennsylvania camp, have settled their injury-related damages with the camp for $100,000. -
Drowning during UTV crash leads to lawsuit in Lackawanna County
SCRANTON – A Lackawanna County man alleges that collective product liability on the part of manufacturers of an off-road utility vehicle and negligence on the part of the commercial operators of land where the vehicle overturned, resulted in the plaintiff’s wife dying by drowning in a UTV accident. -
Expert witness nurse restates defamation claim lodged against his former employer
SCRANTON – A Luzerne County nurse has reiterated allegations that his former employer, who he had secured work through to be used as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases, defamed him in an email and harmed his future opportunities to be chosen as such an expert. -
Medical expert witness firm and owner deny lawsuit's defamation claims
SCRANTON – A business providing medical expert witnesses for the courtroom and its owner have emphatically denied charges of defamation brought against them by an alleged former employee and Luzerne County nurse, charges which the plaintiff claimed have harmed his professional prospects. -
Lawsuit alleges injury on air mattress led to foot amputation
SCRANTON - A Lackawanna County lawsuit says a resident at Green Ridge Care Center ultimately lost a foot after being injured on a machine used to adjust air mattresses. -
Parents of child who fell off neighbors’ ramp settle claims with them for $115K
SCRANTON – The parents of a young child who suffered a broken left forearm after a fall off the side of a ramp located at their neighbors’ back door, have petitioned for the execution of a settlement of $115,000. -
Expert witness nurse says former employer defamed him and affected his retention services
SCRANTON – A Luzerne County nurse alleges that his former employer, who he had secured work through to be used as an expert witness in medical malpractice cases, defamed him in an email and harmed his future opportunities to be chosen as such an expert. -
Pa. Supreme Court: Only concealment of cause can toll statute of limitations in wrongful death suits
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the Medical Care Availability and Reduction of Error (MCARE) Act’s two-year statute of limitations for survival and wrongful death litigation against health care companies is now tougher to circumvent. -
$500K award for Scranton couple who alleged defendants missed wife's pancreatic cancer
SCRANTON – A Scranton couple who alleged that a number of medical entities and health care providers committed professional negligence when the defendants failed to identify and diagnose the wife's Stage III pancreatic cancer received $500,000 in damages. -
Lackawanna County judge overrules preliminary objections in nurse's assault case
SCRANTON – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections from health care defendants in the case of a licensed practical nurse, who was allegedly assaulted at work by a man with a supposed history of violent behavior towards his colleagues. -
Homeowner who had been awarded $5.7M default judgment over flood claims, loses judgment and case
SCRANTON – A Dalton property owner who claimed the borough committed ongoing misconduct and trespass in its refusal to provide catch basins for 21 years, which then caused her property to suffer tremendous flooding damage and her to suffer physical and emotional distress, recently lost her case. -
Moses Taylor Hospital doc discounts negligence claims that his malpractice led to girl's appendicitis
SCRANTON – A physician from Moses Taylor Hospital has denied liability in a negligence and medical malpractice lawsuit he and others face from the parent of a minor girl who suffered a case of appendicitis. -
Man accused of assaulting nurse colleague denies all allegations made against him
SCRANTON – A man with a supposed history of violent behavior towards his colleagues and who allegedly assaulted a licensed practical nurse at work, denies the allegations against him in an answer to the plaintiff’s complaint.