PITTSBURGH – Summary judgment motions will soon be filed in a lawsuit filed by a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League – all of whom allege that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia is seeking to dismiss civil rights violations claims from a local who man who alleged that a Philadelphia police officer committed a brutal assault against him, during his participation in protests surrounding the Minneapolis killing of George Floyd last year.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who argued that he was defamed and painted as an illicit sexual predator by two individuals who provided a series of text messages between him and a young student to a rowing club who was considering hiring the plaintiff and later did not do so, recently withdrew his case.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a group of plaintiffs and the City of Philadelphia, over claims the City failed to maintain its sidewalks to provide proper access to disabled citizens in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, will be heading to trial in February.
PHILADELPHIA – A group of parents from Chester County and Delaware County have dropped claims against their local school district, over the district implementing a health and safety plan which included a mask mandate for students unless they received a religious or medical exemption and regular COVID-19 testing.
PITTSBURGH – A 14-year-old African-American and special needs student at Ambridge High School who claims he was kicked off the football team for participating in an angry exchange with a teammate who had bullied him on Snapchat, has withdrawn claims alleging his constitutional rights were violated.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a lower federal court’s ruling, which found that Pennsylvania state law and a related injunction bars the City of Philadelphia from enforcing its ban on sales of flavored cigars.
PITTSBURGH – U.S. Steel argues that it is not liable for a Glassport man’s injuries, which allegedly took place while he was working at the company’s plant in Clairton.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a financial services group’s motion to dismiss a race and sex discrimination lawsuit filed against it by one of its former employees, and instead converted the defendant’s motion to one for summary judgment.
MEDIA – A Delaware County banquet hall owner alleges that the City of Chester has violated his constitutional rights by revoking a zoning permit issued to him, based on erroneous information.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a former student who was attacked by a classmate in his special academic program and the Haverford Area School District has been settled.
PHILADELPHIA – The Pennsylvania Unified Certification Program has reversed the City of Philadelphia’s decision to decertify Devault Group, Inc. as a disadvantaged business enterprise, the center point of litigation between the company, the City and the U.S. Department of Transportation.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania math teacher contends that he has been falsely accused of sexually abusing his students and defamed as to the same, despite his denials that he committed the abuse and law enforcement finding no evidence of his wrongdoing.
ALLENTOWN – Litigation between a fired office manager of Hispanic origin and her former place of business, a Philadelphia law firm, which alleged that the plaintiff and a fellow co-worker were discriminated against during their tenure because of their ethnic background, has been stayed due to the plaintiff’s counsel leaving the case.
