PHILADELPHIA – A medical company’s former personal assistant has settled litigation which claimed she was subjected to sexual harassment and hostility from the company's CEO, which she had said ultimately resulted in her termination from the company in violation of federal and state law.
SCRANTON – A woman who alleges she suffered arm and neurological damage during a tenodesis surgery last year has brought a professional liability action against the hospital system through which the procedure was conducted.
ALLENTOWN – An associate at a New Jersey Walmart store alleges he suffered severe head injuries from the use of a Rocket Cart, a device used to move merchandise and stock shelves.
PHILADELPHIA – Both the City of Philadelphia’s Department of Human Services and Turning Points for Children deny liability for physical and emotional abuse a 19-year-old woman said she suffered during the time those entities placed her in a foster home as a child.
PHILADELPHIA — An African American female alleges she faced discrimination and retaliation while working at the Lehigh County Jail due to her race, sex and disability.
PITTSBURGH — A Pittsburgh bar is facing a wrongful death claim after one of its patrons left intoxicated, flipped his vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. Susan M.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man who said he lost his right eye, suffered permanent blindness and other injuries after his eye and face were struck by a “Hold-Zit” strap device, is moving to transfer the case to North Carolina.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for state Sen. Anthony Williams is seeking summary judgment in a case brought against him by an ex-constituent services worker, who claimed she was fired before Christmas in 2018 after contracting breast cancer.
MEDIA – A Dominican Republic resort argues that a Delaware couple’s injury lawsuit against it should be dismissed without prejudice on jurisdictional grounds, since the alleged events in question took place in that Caribbean country and not Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – Just prior to answering claims from nearly 150 plaintiffs suing the City of Philadelphia for alleged excessive force used during peaceful demonstrations on systemic racism and police brutality at 52nd Street and the Vine Street Expressway last year, a federal judge has ordered the City provide a proposed matrix for the plaintiffs’ individual monetary award damages.
MEDIA – Folcroft Swim Club has denied allegations of negligence and lax security levied by the parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at the facility two years ago and subsequently filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the club.
MEDIA – Staff at a school for children with autism spectrum disorders disavow allegations that they acted in a racially-discriminatory fashion towards two of their Black co-workers, prior to their respective resignation and firing.
HARRISBURG – The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate, a Republican state representative and a group of parents are litigating to overturn a statewide school mask mandate issued by the administration of Gov. Tom Wolf.
PHILADELPHIA – A group of Bucks County parents to children with disabilities have brought a federal court lawsuit to ensure that the Central Bucks School District provides reasonable accommodations to disabled students by implementing a COVID-19 health and safety plan aligned with current federal, state and local guidance.
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of West Chester residents are appealing the dismissal of their suit against the municipality and its mayor and challenging the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
