The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by THE Hanover Insurance Company against Delaware Valley Automation LLC on March 31.
PHILADELPHIA – After a Nielsen Holdings shareholder claimed that the recent $2.7 billion acquisition of its Global Connect service by Advent International Corporation violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the plaintiff chose to discontinue the case before the defendants could answer the litigation.
PITTSBURGH – A Bridgeville flooring company denies liability for an alleged improper installation of flooring and lack of oversight that resulted in a fire breaking out at the plaintiff’s residence, and instead argues that the blaze was the result of actions taken by its co-defendant.
WILLIAMSPORT – A prominent activist is suing the City of Williamsport, challenging the constitutionality of its open-burning ordinance and therefore, its prohibition on his being permitted to burn flags as a method of political protest.
SCRANTON – A federal judge has granted the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit from workers at a meat processing plant, litigation which alleged the agency refused to enforce COVID-19 pandemic protocols in spite of receiving complaints about the workplace situation.
ALLENTOWN – The Choice Hotels organization has had granted its motion to compel arbitration and stay all proceedings in a lawsuit brought by the company’s franchisees, who claimed they have been overcharged inflated fees to increase the group’s revenue and have been subjected to discriminatory treatment based on race.
MEDIA – An attorney for Rowan University claims the institution was not given proper notice of a lawsuit filed against it by a New Jersey pole vaulter, who allegedly suffered traumatic brain injury and a variety of facial injuries at an indoor practice in 2019, and is further subject to sovereign immunity.
PITTSBURGH – A natural gas company has been conditionally removed from a lawsuit which claimed its alleged negligence in failing to turn off the gas supply to a Penn Hills building, allegedly exacerbated the effect of a structure fire which took place at the property.
PITTSBURGH - The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and four national executives were sued in Pennsylvania federal court by a landlord advocacy group that's had enough of the pandemic-related eviction protections for renters.
SCRANTON - A Dickson man sued a Michigan manufacturing consulting company after the company's alleged faulty training program resulted in a serious workplace accident.
Cozen O'Connor promoted 15 attorneys to member: Donnie Apodaca, Brian Burack, Jason Cabrera, Kristina Cherevas, Jonathan Gale, Matthew Glavin, Yehudah Gordon, Max Kaplan, Jason Kreps, Anna Will Kentz, Daniel Levine, Peter Lim, Matthew Policastro, Laura Reinhart, and Danielle Sapega.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Anne Jean Cannon and Estate of Anne Jean Cannon against Watermark Retirement Communities Inc. on March 26.
PHILADELPHIA - A Catasaqua individual sued the stain and surface preparation manufacturer Rust-Oleum after products used by the company allegedly spontaneously combusted and started a house fire, according to documents filed in the LeHigh County Court of Common Pleas earlier this year.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has denied Family Dollar’s argument that an injury plaintiff’s allegations of recklessness on its own part have not been supported with requisite specificity under the law.
Drexel University and Drexel Medicine face a class action lawsuit filed on Feb. 8 in the Eastern Pennsylvania District Court after an alleged data breach of patient records.
PITTSBURGH – The estate of a man counters a lawsuit brought by a Western Pennsylvania woman who was allegedly assaulted and kidnapped by that same man, her now-deceased ex-boyfriend, by citing the Dead Man’s Statute and declaring certain counts in the complaint invalid.
The ever-changing nature of laws affecting the workplace can make it difficult to stay current with the latest regulations while balancing the needs of your business and employees.
McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC is pleased to announce that McNees Chair Brian Jackson was selected to the Central Penn Business Journal’s 2021 Power 100 list.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh couple allege the wife-plaintiff was subject to excessive force, battery and unlawful detainment by an inexperienced police officer who responded to their domestic dispute and broke her arm.
