PHILADELPHIA – A local television host who was initially selected to be the ring announcer for a celebrity boxing match between Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter – and who claimed she was removed from that post by the event promoter and defamed after she declined his sexual advances – has settled her claims.
HARRISBURG – More than three dozen comic creators have filed a class action lawsuit against a Pennsylvania publisher, claiming that the organization showed a lack of communication, statements, marketing, changed publishing plans and failed to pay them.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ordered that more specificity must be provided by a Canadian plaintiff who alleged that a Bucks County manufacturer and installer of shower doors was negligent in its professional duties – and thus, led to her minor-aged daughter being cut by broken glass when it shattered during their hotel stay last year.
PITTSBURGH – Three defendants have been dismissed from litigation brought by a Pittsburgh couple who alleged that they were the targets of excessive force and battery injuries, when Penn Hills Police Department officers responded to a domestic complaint.
PHILADELPHIA – Opposing motions seeking to determine the venue for wrongful death litigation brought by the estate of a young man killed when an allegedly faulty gate at a landfill dropped onto his car are now in play, in a federal court.
MEDIA – A default judgment has been entered against a security guard who allegedly committed sexual assault against a Philadelphia woman when she was a student in the William Penn School District.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman claims she suffered extensive knee and back injuries when she slipped and fell on a section of walkway in the lot of a UPS building in Philadelphia last year.
SCRANTON – Summary judgment motions have been filed in a lawsuit between a Mississippi widower and a Mount Union company litigating over claims concerning an allegedly defective natural gas heater which may have been responsible for the death of the plaintiff’s wife.
PITTSBURGH – An employee of a carpet cleaning service who claimed he was wrongfully terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic when he objected to working in areas where social distancing and wearing of protective personal equipment was not being practiced, now denies that his former company provided him with personal protective equipment.
SCRANTON – Health care defendants accused of failing to prevent an alleged assault on a licensed practical nurse, an act committed by a man with a supposed history of violent behavior towards his colleagues, want all requests for punitive damages removed from the case.
ALLENTOWN – A quintet of local plaintiffs whose mail-in votes from November’s general election were set to be discarded due to their signatures lacking an accompanying date have sued the Lehigh County Board of Elections in federal court, seeking an emergency preliminary injunction to prevent the certification of the results.
PITTSBURGH – A Pennsylvania energy company has denied allegation that it committed negligence, trespass and other offenses when it allegedly encroached on a Cabot couple’s property to construct a natural gas pipeline.
SCRANTON – Scranton School District officials argue that three of its paraprofessionals, who recently sued the District over rules it implemented last month requiring them to perform their duties inside students’ homes if the COVID-19 pandemic requires virtual learning to once again take place, are not suffering immediate and irreparable harm.
PITTSBURGH – A Pitcairn business owner claims she was targeted for racial discrimination, harassment, code violations and false prosecution by local authorities, after publicly criticizing the police’s perceived use of violence on Black citizens on social media.
ALLENTOWN – A pending settlement awaits approval in a case brought against the City of Lancaster, its police chief and others by a woman who claimed she and her minor son were maced without cause, as they peacefully took part in a racial justice and police accountability demonstration.
PHILADELPHIA – A former employee for East Bradford Township’s Public Works Department who alleges he faced retaliation and civil rights violations claims over a deposition he gave has lost claims for civil rights violations and intentional infliction of emotional distress from his case.
PHILADELPHIA – The manufacturer of Just For Men hair color products has denied the allegations of a Delaware County man, who alleged he suffered permanent vitiligo from using the products he purchased at a local CVS pharmacy store.
