PITTSBURGH — A guest at the Wyndam Grand Pittsburgh Downtown Hotel is claiming negligence after the hotel's elevator malfunction allegedly caused her to suffer a head trauma and other injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia and several other defendants have been dismissed from a civil rights violation case filed by a Black, Muslim contractor, who claimed he was first framed for materials theft by a racist employee and then arrested by members of the Philadelphia Police Department.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia and three of its police officers deny that they used excessive force on a Massachusetts man when responding to his opiate overdose and allegedly causing his death.
PITTSBURGH — A hair salon operator in McKeesport claims her landlord used rags and other material instead of properly fixing a roof water leak that led to her exposure to toxic mold and developing obstructive lung disease.
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC attorney Devin J. Chwastyk earned the ANSI-accredited Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe (CIPP/E) credential through the International Association of Privacy Professionals (IAPP).
PITTSBURGH — A man claims he fell 20 feet to the ground and suffered serious injuries due to a defective ladder manufactured by Little Giant Ladder Systems.
PITTSBURGH — A bicyclist is suing Allegheny County after he says his bike hit a sunken manhole cover on the surface of the roadway and caused him to be flipped off and suffer multiple injuries.
The following cases categorized as "371 personal property: truth in lending" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on July 1. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
ALLENTOWN – A Philadelphia law firm denies that it discriminated against and fired a former officer manager of Hispanic origin because of her ethnic background, instead countering that the plaintiff was fired for just cause.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman alleges in a personal injury lawsuit that she suffered severe leg injuries in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park more than two years ago.
PITTSBURGH – After more than a year of inactivity, a state court judge’s ruling has breathed new life into a lawsuit filed by a trio of professional athletes and the players’ associations of Major League Baseball, the National Football League and the National Hockey League - all of whom allege that the City of Pittsburgh’s “jock tax” that is applied to both resident and non-resident athletes is unconstitutional.
PHILADELPHIA – A judge has dismissed without prejudice a claim for alleged violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act in a case brought by an ex-constituent services worker for state Sen. Anthony Williams, who claimed she was fired before Christmas in 2018 after contracting breast cancer.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has denied a California-based airline’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a pilot allegedly poisoned by carbon monoxide exposure through judgment on the pleadings, finding that his suit was still valid in spite of a then-concurrent bankruptcy court proceeding.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Tameka Whitney against Ally Financial Inc. and Grace Quality Used Cars Inc. T a Grace Auto Group on July 1: 'Notice Of Removal By Grace Quality Used Cars, Inc. T/a Grace Auto Group (filing Fee $ 402 Receipt Number 0313-15229592), Filed By Grace Quality Used Cars, Inc. T/A Grace Auto Group.(priore, Philip)'.
The following cases categorized as "securities/commodities" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 25. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
ERIE – A former Pennsylvania resident currently living in Michigan who sued Venango County authorities for allegedly failing to protect him from a fellow inmate who broke his jaw, has withdrawn charges against the only named defendant.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court narrowly ruled Tuesday that natural gas pipeline projects which are granted federal approval can utilize eminent domain for state-owned land, bolstering efforts for the planned 116-mile-long PennEast Pipeline through Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
