PITTSBURGH – Advance Auto Parts wants summary judgment against a Pittsburgh man who suffered a broken hip during a fall which occurred in the parking lot of one of its local stores, saying the area where the fall occurred was not its responsibility to maintain.
LANCASTER — A motorcyclist who suffered fractures ribs and other injuries after sliding on oil and stones on a roadway in Paradise Township is claiming the PennDOT's negligence.
ALLENTOWN – A federal court lawsuit which alleged that the Salisbury Township School District denied two minor students equal access to its public schools has been settled.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman who was allegedly assaulted and kidnapped by her now-deceased ex-boyfriend in September of last year, has settled claims made against his estate to recover money she lent him.
HARRISBURG – A litigant seeking wrongful death damages after the death of an inmate from a head laceration and severe burns in the course of his duties at the Dauphin County Work Release Center, is now seeking default judgment against the center and other entities allegedly responsible for the incident.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County denies that it discriminated against a local chaplain with a gastrointestinal condition, arguing that there is no connection between her medical condition and any adverse employment consequences she may have suffered.
HARRISBURG – Shippensburg University is seeking summary judgment in litigation that alleges one of its administrators made numerous unwanted sexual advances toward a director of testing and that it both failed to accept that same director’s story, while also refusing to reinstate her employment.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a concession stand volunteer who suffered third-degree burns within minutes of handling French fries when working at a youth football game, is seeking a state court to compel responses from the league to its discovery requests.
PITTSBURGH – A Butler probation officer says that he was discriminated against by his superiors when he sought to take leave under the Family Medical Leave Act, for work-related stress and anxiety that he was suffering.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge has ruled that a controversial statue of explorer Christopher Columbus will remain in South Philadelphia’s Marconi Plaza for the moment, reversing earlier calls to remove the statue from public view.
PITTSBURGH – A 14-year-old African-American and special needs student at Ambridge High School claims he was kicked off the football team for participating in an angry exchange with a teammate who had bullied him on Snapchat, and the other student was not disciplined because he was Caucasian.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man alleges he was assaulted by local police officers when he was walking back to his home from a trip to a convenience store alongside his brother, back in 2013.
SCRANTON – A man who was the subject of a civil rights and discrimination lawsuit brought against York County Prison and several of its correctional officials and who was later found dead, may have family members in Africa take his place as the plaintiffs in the lawsuit, in his stead.
PITTSBURGH – An 87-year-old Western Pennsylvania man with a heart condition who alleged he was detained by police on suspicion of being a car thief, because the OnStar system in his vehicle erroneously reported it to authorities as stolen, has conditionally settled his claims with the security company.
PHILADELPHIA – The first talcum powder/cancer trial in Philadelphia will take place in state court, after a federal judge recently ruled that Johnson & Johnson was wrong in its attempts to remove the case from the federal venue on the very day jury selection was to take place.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman who is now 19 years old claims that she was both physically and emotionally abused as a child, during the span of time she was placed in a foster home by city entities.
MEDIA – The parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at the Folcroft Swim Club two years ago allege that the facility was negligent in maintaining its security, which they say allowed the tragic circumstances that resulted in their son’s death to take place.
PITTSBURGH – An Allison Park man has reached a settlement for negligence claims with a Western Pennsylvania management company, connected to his fall over a pair of retaining walls in an apartment parking lot owned and operated by the defendants.
