PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government denies liability for severe leg injuries that a local woman alleged she suffered in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park more than two years ago.
NEW YORK – A federal judge has ruled that a German financial services company will face claims from investors that it wrongly administered hedge funds which took billions of dollars in losses, at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
MEDIA – A Delaware County health care entity denies that it provided subpar care to one of its residents, before and leading up to her death, the allegation of which is the crux of a wrongful death lawsuit filed against it.
PITTSBURGH – Butler County counters litigation brought by a Butler probation officer who alleged he was discriminated against by his superiors for requesting time off due to stress and anxiety, by arguing that the officer’s version of events are mistaken and that his claims are baseless.
SCRANTON — A bisexual man claims he faced harassment, retaliation and discrimination while working for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. Paul Haines filed a complaint Sept. 23 in the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA – A Bucks County trucking firm alleges that the City of Philadelphia and the U.S Department of Transportation has illegally threatened to revoke its certification to qualify as a “Disadvantaged Business Enterprise.”
PHILADELPHIA – Both parties in litigation pitting a student against Penn State University seek to delay trial proceedings, in a case which alleged the school rescinded her Master’s Degree more than a year and a half after she was awarded it and claimed that the plaintiff didn’t produce wholly original work.
PITTSBURGH – A Beaver County woman has settled claims connected to severe respiratory ailments she alleged she suffered after inhaling fumes from a chemical fire which took place about a half-mile from her residence.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who claimed that improper installation of flooring and the lack of oversight from a pair of contractors he hired led to a fire erupting at his residence, seeks to add another defendant to his case.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a member of the Pittsburgh Police Department has cited the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act in response to allegations made by a local man who claimed he was assaulted by local police officers in 2013 when he was returning home from a trip to a convenience store alongside his brother.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County has filed for summary judgment 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.
MEDIA – The mayor of Eddystone and a borough council member deny allegations that they removed a member of the Civil Service Commission from his post and defamed him during a council meeting regarding his alleged criminal record.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for two individuals who were said to have provided a series of text messages between a Pittsburgh man and a young rowing club student painting him as an illicit sexual predator and causing him to lose a job opportunity, have filed preliminary objections which attempt to call into doubt the veracity of the subsequent lawsuit’s defamation allegations.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has approved a California-based airline’s attempt to obtain interlocutory review from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in a lawsuit filed by a pilot allegedly poisoned by carbon monoxide exposure.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied an injunction sought by a group of parents from Chester County and Delaware County in legal action pitting them against their local school district, over the implementation of a health and safety plan which includes a mask mandate for students unless they receive a religious or medical exemption and regular COVID-19 testing.
PITTSBURGH – An Illinois online lender contends that a Washington County woman’s class action lawsuit claiming it charged usurious interest rates on loans it offered to its customers should be handled through arbitration, or alternatively dismissed.
MEDIA – Two Black female instructors at a school for children with autism spectrum disorders who have alleged that they were the targets of racially-discriminatory behavior from their co-workers, deny any credibility to the defendants’ objections.
