Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
Recent News About Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas
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School administrators litigating with Scranton School District over lack of input on compensation plan
SCRANTON – Six school administrators in Lackawanna County are bringing legal action against the Scranton School District and its Board of School Directors, claiming that the defendants voted upon a new administrator compensation plan without meeting with them to seek their input. -
Scranton Jewish Community Center litigating with property buyers over alleged unauthorized construction
SCRANTON – A religious community center in Scranton is pursuing an injunction over construction taking place on the site of its summer camp, charging that the unapproved construction violates the terms of a 2005 property sale agreement that the defendants pledged to abide by. -
Scranton plaintiffs say water company's negligence led to water infiltration inside their home and wife's fall
SCRANTON – A Scranton couple alleges that negligent maintenance of their water pipes later led to the wife-plaintiff falling inside their residence and suffering serious injuries. -
Carbondale woman's death the result of professional medical negligence, her estate alleges in suit
SCRANTON – The estate of a Carbondale woman alleges professional negligence on the part of a local hospital, physician and nurse practitioner led to her death from cardiac arrest two years ago. -
Medical defendants challenging venue and other issues, in Lackawanna County couple's artery repair lawsuit
SCRANTON – Lackawanna County medical defendants bring a trio of objections pertaining to both venue and pleading to a lawsuit brought by a local couple, which alleged that the severe bleeding and carotid artery damage the wife-plaintiff suffered was the result of a botched artery repair procedure. -
Lackawanna County reiterates claims brought against prison medical care providers in insurance dispute
SCRANTON – Lackawanna County has re-emphasized that one of its medical care providers allegedly refused to order and bind “tail insurance” coverage, relating to health care it provides to incarcerated individuals at Lackawanna County Prison. -
Judge: Landlord must pay for sprinkler system repair in office of Scranton medical center
SCRANTON – A state court judge has granted a preliminary injunction and compelled the landlord for a Scranton medical center to repair the sprinkler system in its leased space, incur the cost for doing so and further stayed a notice of default the landlord sought to levy over the medical center. -
Plaintiff says her father's lack of care at senior nursing facility led to broken leg injuries, sepsis and his death
SCRANTON – The daughter of a deceased man who stayed at a residential senior living facility in Lackawanna County argues that negligent care provided by the facility, was the direct and proximate cause of his death. -
Medicaid mix-up forces sale of Scranton home, lawsuit alleges
The Advocacy Alliance of Scranton is accused of tricking a man out of his house in a March 26 lawsuit filed in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas. -
Defendants in civil suit by Scranton man convicted for unauthorized law practice say litigation should be dismissed
SCRANTON – Two individuals who testified at a trial where a Scranton man was convicted of the unauthorized practice of law – and then targeted in a lawsuit by the same man – have countered that his lawsuit is improper and should be dismissed with prejudice. -
Hospital system says its non-involvement in pancreatic cancer misdiagnosis should dismiss it from suit
SCRANTON – A local health care and hospital system alleges its lack of involvement in the events at issue should dismiss it from a lawsuit, where one of the plaintiffs was not timely diagnosed with Stage III pancreatic cancer. -
Dickson City dog breeder sells sick dogs for quick profit, new lawsuit says
The Puppylicious Boutique designer dog breeder in Dickson City was sued in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas by a woman who says she paid $5,000 for a sick puppy. -
Negligence claims improper, Moses Taylor Hospital says in case over secretary's pancreatic cancer
SCRANTON – A local hospital responds that claims of professional negligence levied against it are improper, in a suit alleging the defendants failed to identify and diagnose a Scranton woman’s Stage III pancreatic cancer. -
Lackawanna County physicians charged with wrongful death, after changing disabled woman's medicine regimen
SCRANTON – A wrongful death and survival lawsuit claims that a number of medical entities based in Lackawanna County are to blame for the death of a woman who was prescribed lithium, against the pattern of treatment established by her prior physician. -
Tripping hazard in Viewmont Mall Mexican eatery leads to damages request
A Mexican restaurant in the Scranton Viewmont Mall faces a personal injury payout after a Peckville woman says she was injured tripping on the restaurant's doormat, according to documents filed in the Lackawanna County Court of Common Pleas. -
Lackawanna County suing City of Scranton for $200K+ in building fees connected to renovation project
SCRANTON – Lackawanna County has brought litigation against the City of Scranton, seeking a refund of more than $200,000 in building permit fees it paid in connection with an administrative building renovation. -
Unhappy deputy, stuck with graveyard shift, sues Lackawanna sheriff
SCRANTON - A former Lackawanna County deputy sheriff with more than two decades of tenure brought a lawsuit against the county and Sheriff Mark McAndrew for alleged freedom of speech and civil rights violations, according to documents filed Feb. 26 in Scranton federal court. -
Dalton woman alleges Borough allowed her property to flood for more than two decades
SCRANTON – A Dalton property owner claims the borough committed ongoing misconduct and trespass in its refusal to provide catch basins for 21 years, which has caused her property to suffer tremendous flooding damage and her to suffer physical and emotional distress. -
Scranton medical office claims landlord refused to repair sprinkler system
SCRANTON – A medical center claims its landlord has failed to repair the sprinkler system in its leased tenant space, leaving it at tremendous risk for physical damage and loss of life in the event of a fire. -
Lackawanna County stands by claims filed against prison medical care providers in insurance dispute
SCRANTON – Lackawanna County has reiterated that one of its medical care providers allegedly refused to order and bind “tail insurance” coverage, relating to health care it provides to incarcerated individuals at Lackawanna County Prison.