PHILADELPHIA – Contrary to litigation filed in April, Delaware County school officials have denied that they discriminated against a facilities director for his race and medical condition before firing him.
LANCASTER – A Lancaster couple allege that the husband-plaintiff’s job-related accident, which consisted of him being electrocuted by exposed wires at a local hotel, could have been prevented by the defendants taking proper precautions and warning him of the inherent dangerous condition.
PITTSBURGH — A mother alleges her minor daughter fainted and fell off an examination table after receiving immunizations and suffered a concussion and other injuries.
PITTSBURGH – A wrongful termination suit from a man who claims he was fired from a water and sewer authority when he refused to dump raw sewage into the Monongahela River has settled litigation with the West Elizabeth Sanitary Authority and other entities.
PHILADELPHIA – A United Kingdom couple who own property in Bucks County have settled claims with the manufacturer and distributor of an audio speaker they purchased, one which they claim malfunctioned and caused a catastrophic fire at that same property.
LANCASTER -- A woman claims suffering after a soda machine part that houses the ice allegedly crashed on top of her head and face, knocking her glasses off.
SCRANTON – The parent of a boy with Down syndrome contends that the local school district violated multiple federal laws through its negligence, when it failed to prevent injuries the boy suffered when he fell from his school bus.
HARRISBURG – After Pennsylvania voters in last month’s primary election opted to amend the state constitution and limit emergency declaration powers for Gov. Tom Wolf and all future state governors, a Philadelphia attorney says that the move will compel cooperation between the executive and legislature branches.
PHILADELPHIA - A nurse claims she suffered discrimination, harassment and a hostile work environment based on ethnicity and race at her former employer.
As law firms and legal workplaces of today strive to transform, the quest to foster more diverse and inclusive environments is a growing priority. In this course, Armstrong Teasdale Chief Diversity Officer and Partner Meshach Rhoades, Inclusion Committee Chair and Partner Sarah Sise, and VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Sonji Young will explore the history of workplace diversity in the legal industry, mitigating bias to champion inclusive hiring and allyship.
Kevin Greenberg, a shareholder in global law firm Greenberg Traurig, LLP’s Government Law & Policy Practice, served as a panelist for a presentation by the U.S. National Committee of the Union Internationale des Avocats (UIA) titled, “On Trial, the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election.”
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who claimed he was physically assaulted by his employer in a dispute over Payroll Protection Program funds that allegedly remained in his possession, has disputed preliminary objections raised over the supposed legal sufficiency of those same claims.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County and the GEO Group are denying liability for injuries sustained by a Montgomery County woman after she was allegedly assaulted at the George W. Hill Correctional Facility, arguing that she has not supported her claims.
PHILADELPHIA – The National Football League announced it will stop a practice known as “race-norming” – which operated under the assumption that Black players began their football careers with decreased cognitive function as compared to white colleagues – in its handling of the billion-dollar settlement program of brain injury claims brought by former NFL players, and examine past determinations for examples of racial bias.
SCRANTON — An African American worker claims she and others faced racial discrimination and retaliation while working at Outback Steakhouse.Nailah Riley filed a complaint May 20 in the U.S.
PITTSBURGH – A lawsuit brought by a Bethel Park couple, who alleged that an at-home physical therapist’s negligence in conducting therapy without making use of personal protective equipment led to both of them contracting COVID-19, will now be heard in a federal court.
PITTSBURGH – Penn Hills and its police department claim they are not responsible for alleged excessive force and battery injuries suffered by one member of a Pittsburgh couple, when the defendants responded to a domestic complaint.
HARRISBURG – A new report from the Pennsylvania Department of State (DOS) credits a “lack of executive oversight” as the chief reason why a state constitutional amendment which would have retroactively extended the timeline for victims to file civil actions against their abusers, stalled in a procedural snafu that won’t see it be considered as a ballot question until 2023 at the earliest.
HARRISBURG – Litigation from a temporary employee who took a Wisconsin staffing agency’s assignment to a Starbucks roasting plant in York, which alleged she faced a racially hostile work environment and termination, has been closed and potentially settled.
