MEDIA – Counsel for a Delaware County pizza restaurant is seeking to compel answers to discovery requests from a plaintiff of the Islamic faith, who alleged the restaurant sent her an order of food containing pork, which her religion prevents her from consuming.
PITTSBURGH – One defendant named in a wrongful death lawsuit, filed after the death of a man trapped underground during a cave-in while digging a trench to replace a sewer line in North Strabane Township, has brought preliminary objections arguing two of its counts should be thrown out for failure to follow the rule of law.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court unanimously ruled that an amendment to the False Claims Act which lowered the burden of proof on whistleblowers does apply retroactively, to any case pending when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that the amendment was designed to cover.
ALLENTOWN – The parent of an autistic seven-year-old child has voluntarily dismissed claims levied against the Walt Disney Company, alleging it discriminated against the boy’s disability, when it refused to permit him entry to the Lehigh Valley Mall’s Disney Store.
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh school system is looking for summary judgment in a suit brought against the district by its former deputy superintendent, which charged it with retaliation for firing him for allegedly for supporting a colleague’s separate discrimination suit.
PHILADELPHIA – A Florida woman alleges that while on the job, she suffered severe shoulder, knee and back injuries at an Amazon warehouse in Fairless Hills, when she fell on the property due to an errant lag bolt.
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that sexual abuse claims brought by an Altoona woman against her local Catholic Church diocese will remain time-barred, despite the issuance of a grand jury report in 2016 which confirmed a series of other abuse allegations levied against her assailant.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants in a wrongful death lawsuit brought on behalf of a man who worked at Philadelphia International Airport and was fatally stabbed after a conflict with a co-worker, have had their motions to dismiss partially granted.
SCRANTON — A man who allegedly suffered a slip and fall at a Walmart claims the store negligently put items on a shelf to attract customers' attention near a dangerous condition.
HARRISBURG – A letter released by former President Donald Trump shows that an ex-federal prosecutor with future gubernatorial aspirations in Pennsylvania, expressed disagreement with former U.S. Attorney General Bill Barr over how the Justice Department oversaw investigation claims of voter fraud in the 2020 Presidential Election.
SCRANTON – A Scranton-based X-ray company denies it contributed to the untimely death of a resident in a Lackawanna County senior living facility, a charge the decedent’s estate vehemently denies.
SCRANTON – A pair of property owners and a campground foundation in Scranton deny that construction that took place on a campsite violates the terms of a 2005 property sale agreement that the defendants pledged to abide by.
For the ninth year running, Marshall Dennehey was selected by the Philadelphia Business Journal as one of the Philadelphia region's "Best Places to Work."
President of Helix Strategies, LLC, Dr. Ivy Buchan, will serve as an adjunct professor starting this fall for West Chester University of Pennsylvania in the Master of Public Administration Program, teaching Nonprofit Fundraising Essentials.
PITTSBURGH – Target Corporation is looking to dismiss punitive damages from litigation brought by the mother of a two-year-old girl burned by an allegedly faulty Instant Pot pressure cooking device.
PITTSBURGH – Dollar General and Aldi have scored a dismissal of a lawsuit which alleged that they and other retailers unlawfully charged sales taxes on the purchases of face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic.
SCRANTON – Litigation filed in a Lackawanna County court alleges that a local woman developed glaucoma, corneal ulcers and other ocular conditions due to professional negligence on the part of her ophthalmologist, after undergoing Lasik eye surgery.
PHILADELPHIA – The former chief marketing officer for a Philadelphia law firm alleges she was fired when she complained of supposed racially discriminatory practices within the firm to higher management.
SCRANTON – Litigation by a medical center that claimed its landlord failed to repair the sprinkler system in its leased tenant space, leaving it at tremendous risk for physical damage and loss of life in the event of a fire, has been discontinued.
