A Pennsylvania woman who claims she sustained broken teeth and other injuries after falling face-first in the parking lot of a local Starbucks has filed a personal injury claim against the coffee giant in federal court.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will not intervene in the Philadelphia courts system, which a pharmaceutical company says is actively encouraging out-of-state lawsuits.
A Pennsylvania woman can move forward with her claim against five state police troopers who allegedly sprayed her with pepper spray and urine after she was already handcuffed and subdued, after a federal judge in western Pennsylvania ruled the officers cannot be covered by sovereign immunity for acts done outside the scope of their employment.
A federal judge in western Pennsylvania appears to be closing a case in which Pepsi merchandisers were suing the soda retailer for allegedly not paying overtime compensation.
A Texas couple who alleges that the wife sustained injuries after having had a synthetic pelvic mesh product implanted into her body has filed a federal product liability complaint against two companies involved in the design and manufacture of the allegedly defective product.
Lancaster attorney Kenneth G. Reidenbach, 61, was convicted Dec. 1 of fraud charges in connection with three bankruptcy proceedings in which he represented the debtors.
The daughter of one of the victims of Philadelphia abortion doctor and accused murderer Kermit Gosnell has filed a federal lawsuit against Philadelphia’s public health department and the health commissioner, claiming her mother’s death is somewhat attributable to the city’s alleged lax oversight of the abortion clinic where her mother met her demise.
A York, Pa. man who claims that he sustained injuries after having a double hip replacement is suing the manufacturers of the surgically implanted product, alleging that its faulty nature caused him great harm.
An Ohio steel products company that claims it got stuck with an outstanding bill after a contractor it employed for a job went bankrupt, has filed a federal complaint against a Philadelphia law firm whose services the plaintiff initially retained in order to recoup the money it was owed by the now-defunct company.
A newly released academic study by a law school professor asserts that Philadelphia’s civil court system is attractive to plaintiff’s from outside of the city – at the expense of local consumers and businesses.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (Legal Newsline) - The American Tort Reform Association is throwing its support behind a Pennsylvania bill that it says will address forum-shopping in personal injury lawsuits.
A German man has filed a federal patent infringement lawsuit in Philadelphia against a Michigan company, alleging that the U.S. tool-making business has been fraudulently using a technology over which the plaintiff holds exclusive rights.
A Philadelphia man who claims he sustained a host of bodily injuries after being involved in a vehicle accident with a city trolley is suing the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority and the owner of the vehicle in which he was traveling at the time.
A suburban Philadelphia prison inmate who claims to have suffered ill effects of alcohol withdrawal at the indifference of prison staff is suing the prison, its warden and three correctional officers in federal court.
A Philadelphia man is suing a Baltimore, Md. man in civil court for injuries the plaintiff alleges he sustained after the defendant struck him in the face during a dispute.
