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PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has denied the defense’s preliminary objections, in a wrongful death lawsuit surrounding the drowning death of the plaintiff’s wife, during a vacation the two had taken to St. Martin to celebrate their 35th wedding anniversary.
PITTSBURGH – Westmoreland County authorities are seeking summary judgment, in a harassment and professional retaliation suit from the former warden of the county’s prison.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted motions to dismiss from several defendants, in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison.
PHILADELPHIA – Amtrak has asked for 60 days in which to complete what it refers to as necessary discovery and depositions, in a suit brought by one of its employees under the Federal Railroad Safety Act, after the plaintiff allegedly faced intimidation and bullying from a supervisor, subsequent to suffering an on-the-job injury.
MEDIA – A Florida woman alleges she was violently assaulted by staff members of an Upper Darby hookah lounge, and in response has filed suit in a Delaware County court seeking compensatory and punitive damages.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man alleges he was assaulted and battered by a series of corrections officers while in custody at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility two years ago.
PITTSBURGH – A nursing home employee who alleged that the managing companies of the facility engaged in false advertising and categorical underpayment of their “Weekend Warrior”-level staff, maintains for the second time that the case should retain jurisdiction in Allegheny County.
PITTSBURGH – A plaintiff claims that a local man and father of five children who was residing at a rehabilitation center for those dealing with homelessness, mental illness or dependency issues died from an accidental overdose, and that the defendants negligently failed to prevent his tragic death.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh-area museum’s curator has reiterated claims that she suffered severe injuries in a fall on the center’s grounds, due to an alleged defectively-constructed staircase which also lacked a handrail.
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County couple allege that the husband-plaintiff suffered a myriad of serious injuries, when he fell through a floor opening and landed on a stack of drywall and a concrete floor.
PHILADELPHIA – The estate of a Southern New Jersey man has sued the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), alleging that the agency failed to protect him in his work as a conductor and subsequently led him to contract a two year-long and fatal case of COVID-19.
LANCASTER – A local man says that his upholstered bed frame and headboard contained bed bugs, an infestation which later spread to the rest of his home and which has caused substantial damages.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania health care facility has again denied liability in litigation brought by a Mount Lebanon couple, who alleged the bottom level of their home was ruined when raw sewage accumulated there due to a line back-up caused by the defendants.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman who claimed that Wayfair violated the Anti-Tying Rule by stating that its warranties on its goods will be void if consumers use third-party repair services to service the items they purchased from it, has subsequently discontinued her case.
PITTSBURGH – A local Italian restaurant has denied liability for injuries that a plaintiff’s mother suffered when she fell on their premises, which led her to suffer a broken hip and eventually die.
PITTSBURGH – Litigation from a local man with a chronic lung condition against a Western Pennsylvania supermarket, a suit alleging it violated the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act when it turned him away for his decision not to wear a mask while shopping in June 2020, has been dismissed without prejudice.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Sweet Grace Distilling Company against Carribean Distillers, LLC on Feb. 10.
The following cases categorized as "civil" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 10. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
