PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections from a retired schoolteacher in Maryland, who denied that she defamed a Pennsylvania private school educator accused of sexually abusing his students.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman shopping at a suburban location of Designer Shoe Warehouse and who was injured after falling into an aisle’s endcap shelf, has brought suit against the footwear retailer.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for a Bucks County man and fencing instruction facility continues to disagree with the MyLife.com website’s argument that the dispute between the parties should be governed by an arbitration agreement, arguing that the agreement wasn’t obviously mentioned in the site’s terms and conditions.
PITTSBURGH – Amazon has removed litigation from a Western Pennsylvania couple against both it and the manufacturer of a ladder they claim was defective to federal court, after the wife-plaintiff fell from the ladder while conducting an insurance estimate at a home in Erie.
MEDIA – An Upper Darby tavern is looking to open and strike a default judgment levied against it, in the case of a Philadelphia woman attending a birthday party at the tavern and who alleged she was shot by another patron who had been allegedly over-served with alcohol during his stay.
MEDIA – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections filed by a Dominican Republic resort, which had argued that a Delaware couple’s injury lawsuit against it should be dismissed without prejudice on jurisdictional grounds, since the alleged events in question took place in that Caribbean country and not Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman has claimed once again that the school bus sexual assault she endured as a middle school student was the fault of her school, who disregarded the alleged assailant’s history of prior assaults and violated her constitutional rights in the process.
PITTSBURGH — A woman who allegedly fell at a public park in Allegheny County while attending a wedding reception and suffered injuries is claiming the county's negligence.
PHILADELPHIA – A longtime officer in Philadelphia’s Department of Prisons says she suffered professional retaliation when she spoke out publicly against conditions in local correctional institutions during the COVID-19, conditions which she says had become “horrifying.”
PITTSBURGH – A McDonald’s employee alleges she was repeatedly subjected to sexual harassment from her manager for months before being mandated to perform work duties in violation of a doctor’s order, which may have led to both her miscarriage and professional retaliation exacted upon her.
PHILADELPHIA – An East Bradford Township public works official has for the second time denied liability for claims of retaliation and civil rights violations, brought by a former employee who alleged he was fired for reporting dangerous conditions relating to decaying tree limbs in the municipality.
ALLENTOWN – A Bethlehem casino seeks to join Pennsylvania State Police defendants in looking to dismiss litigation filed by a New Jersey man, who alleged he was falsely accused of stealing a wallet at the casino on account of his Hispanic heritage and imprisoned for three days by both the Bethlehem Police Department and the Pennsylvania State Police.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman alleges she suffered serious injuries when her walker was caught in a hospital’s floor carpet and she was caused to fall to the floor.
PHILADELPHIA – A Missouri law firm who filed litigation to pursue more than $3.5 million in outstanding legal bills from a half-dozen defendants spread across the United States and Puerto Rico has settled its case.
ERIE – Little League Baseball denies liability for severe dental injuries an Oil City man suffered when he was struck by a baseball nearly nine years ago, and further denied allegations that it promised the plaintiff and his family that its insurance would cover his full medical damages and later reneged on that promise.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for a local attorney of more than four decades, who said he was fired from his role as a Delaware County public defender in 2020 due to his age and disability and after a stroke, is now seeking a sooner trial date.
