MEDIA – A Delaware County health care entity is pursuing a judgment of non pros in wrongful death litigation accusing it of subpar care of one of its residents, before and leading up to her death.
PITTSBURGH – Entities in a negligence lawsuit centering on whether or not a physical therapy firm’s lack of using personal protective equipment led a Bethel Park couple to contract COVID-19 are battling over whether the case has a pertinent federal question.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has overturned a lower court ruling which eliminated Gov. Tom Wolf’s unprecedented COVID-19 emergency restrictions, finding the issue to be moot because not only have those restrictions expired in the interim, but voters statewide have also since amended the state constitution to roll back a governor’s range of emergency powers.
PITTSBURGH – A Seattle-based, non-denominational church stands by its case that Allegheny County officials are allegedly misusing a Pennsylvania law to avoid solemnizing legal marriages in the Commonwealth.
In our constitutional democracy, the court is the focal point of the entire criminal justice system; its mission is to serve the public by administering justice in a fair and impartial manner, by preserving each citizen’s constitutional rights, and by faithfully applying the rule of law in each individual case.
PITTSBURGH – The manufacturer of an Instant Pot pressure cooking device which allegedly burned a two-year-old girl replies to litigation over the incident by counter-claiming that the child’s mother was instead responsible for her injuries.
PITTSBURGH – Defense counsel for Giant Eagle grocery stores are seeking sanctions to be levied against several plaintiffs claiming their disabilities prevent them from wearing face coverings in stores during the coronavirus pandemic, claiming they’ve evaded proper discovery procedures and engaged in misconduct.
PHILADELPHIA – Amazon and a Rhode Island-based building company objected to litigation from a Florida woman who alleged that while on the job, she suffered severe shoulder, knee and back injuries at an Amazon warehouse, citing a lack of specificity in her negligence claims.
PITTSBURGH — A man who says he suffered a crush injury to his foot after being run over by a forklift at a wholesale distributor business is alleging negligence.
PHILADELPHIA – A local television host who was initially selected to be the ring announcer for a celebrity boxing match between Lamar Odom and Aaron Carter says she was removed from that post by the event promoter and defamed, allegedly after she declined his sexual advances.
PHILADELPHIA – The Borough of West Chester has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the municipality and its former mayor, which challenged the constitutionality of their emergency declaration orders issued during the coronavirus pandemic.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia International Airport stock clerk who alleged American Airlines and some of its personnel helped to create a “discriminatory, hostile and bigoted environment” towards African-American employees has settled her claims with the defendants.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has approved a default judgment in excess of $300,000 in favor of a nonprofit alternative transportation company working toward tube travel, who attempted to recover monies it said that its former treasurer embezzled from it.
SCRANTON — A former Hershey Entertainment & Resorts employee claims she faced discrimination and retaliation based on her race and national origin. Sara Malaki filed a complaint July 22 in the U.S.
SCRANTON — A scooter driver claims the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation and its contractors left loose gravel and other debris on the roadway which caused his scooter to overturn.
PHILADELPHIA – A medical company’s former personal assistant claims she was subjected to an unrelenting environment of sexual harassment and hostility from the company's CEO, ultimately resulting in her termination from the company in violation of federal and state law.
MEDIA – William Penn School District has cited governmental immunity as its argument for why multiple claims should be dismissed from a lawsuit filed by a Philadelphia woman, who was allegedly sexually abused by a security guard as a young student in the district.
SCRANTON – A Monroe County resort is seeking to deny legal anonymity to a graphic designer who alleged she endured years of sexual harassment at the hands of her supervisor while working there.
