PITTSBURGH – A retired schoolteacher from Maryland denies that she defamed a Pennsylvania private school educator accused of sexually abusing his students, finding the plaintiff’s claims of defamation, tortious interference and others levied against her to be without merit.
MEDIA – An Upper Darby tavern denies responsibility for injuries suffered by a Philadelphia woman who was shot by another one of its patrons, after attending a birthday party at the establishment.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has thwarted an attempt by Westmoreland County and its Corrections Commissioner to throw out litigation from the former warden of the county’s prison, which accused them of harassment and retaliation over his refusal to make the commissioner’s political hires.
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County has been dismissed from a wrongful death lawsuit filed by a local woman, who witnessed her schizophrenic and bipolar son being shot to death by a local police officer.
PHILADELPHIA – The widow of a meatpacking supervisor for Tyson Foods who claimed that its deficient precautions to protect against COVID-19 led to her husband’s death from the disease last year and had her case dismissed by a federal judge, is now appealing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PHILADELPHIA – A Missouri law firm seeks to file an amended complaint in an action where it is pursuing more than $3.5 million in outstanding legal bills from a half-dozen defendants spread across the United States and Puerto Rico, and to further introduce exhibits it says will help prove its case, under seal.
PHILADELPHIA – An officer accused of committing assault against a demonstrator during protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year, has denied any and all wrongdoing in the incident.
MEDIA – A Philadelphia woman who was shot by another patron of an Upper Darby tavern after attending a birthday party, has secured a default judgment against the establishment where the altercation took place.
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HARRISBURG – A few weeks after throwing out the statewide school mask mandate issued by now-former Secretary of Health Alison Beam in September, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania released its rationale for doing so.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied summary judgment to Delaware County in a case brought forward by a former county attorney of more than 40 years who returned to his duties as a public defender after suffering a stroke, and alleged he was fired from his role this year due to his age and disability.
PHILADELPHIA – Penn State University seeks a protective order over its investigation of a student who alleged the school rescinded her Master’s Degree more than a year and a half after she was awarded it due to supposedly not producing original work.
HARRISBURG – Per a Dec. 30 ruling from the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, former agricultural biotechnology company Monsanto has lost the majority of its preliminary objections to litigation brought against it by the state, connected to natural resources damages allegedly caused by the company’s chemical compounds.
HARRISBURG – In a significant decision sure to have tremendous import, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania held in a recent decision that the state’s consent-by-registration rules are unconstitutional, and could not be used to establish personal jurisdiction.
MEDIA – A state court judge has overruled William Penn School District’s preliminary objections which cited governmental immunity as an argument for why multiple claims should be dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a Philadelphia woman, who was allegedly sexually abused by a security guard as a young student in the district.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for an ex-constituent services worker for state Sen. Anthony Williams who claimed she was fired before Christmas in 2018 after contracting breast cancer objects to the senator’s recent disclosure of a new witness in the case.
PITTSBURGH – Litigation accusing a physical therapy firm accused of not using personal protective equipment and leading a Bethel Park couple to contract COVID-19 has left federal jurisdiction and been remanded to an Allegheny County court.
PHILADELPHIA — The manufacturer of a cap-lining machine has been sued, as a man alleges he suffered serious injuries to his hand due to a defective design.
