SCRANTON – A Scranton couple have alleged that a number of medical entities and health care providers committed professional negligence when the defendants failed to identify and diagnose her Stage III pancreatic cancer.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 4. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Lawrence Long against Indiana Harbor Insurance Co. on Feb. 4.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man who witnessed a road rage-influenced motor vehicle accident in Upper Chichester Township that resulted in the death of one woman has sued the man who allegedly caused the accident for negligence, emotional distress and other charges.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Mary Kay Hogue and William Hogue against Combined Insurance Company of America on Jan. 27.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Tappo Pizza LLC and Tappo of Buffalo LLC against Erie Insurance Company on Jan. 14.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 11. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Lawrence Johnson against Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company on Jan. 11.
PITTSBURGH – A steel fabrication company has paid $80,000 to settle harassment claims brought by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, that one of the company’s former female welders suffered numerous incidents of sex-based discrimination and retaliation on the job, including termination.
Moore & Morford, Inc., a steel-fabrication company in South Greensburg, Pa., will pay $80,000 to settle a sex harassment and retaliation lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal agency announced.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Round Guys Brewing Company against Cincinnati Insurance Company on Dec. 11.
PHILADELPHIA – HomeGoods and Richards Homewares deny they were responsible for the injuries allegedly caused to a Delaware County plaintiff by a malfunctioning shelf shower organizer, each asserting 29 affirmative defenses to that effect.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court’s panel has reinstated some claims to and remanded the case of a Philadelphia police detective who alleged misconduct on the part of a City assistant district attorney, and believes he was then unlawfully retaliated against by that same attorney.
NORRISTOWN – Republican Congressional candidate Kathy Barnette has abandoned litigation against Montgomery County, which had alleged its Board of Elections illegally canvassed mail-in ballots received before Election Day and wrongly gave voters with defective ballots an opportunity to cure them.
MEDIA (Legal Newsline) - Drug distributors facing about 50 opioid lawsuits in Pennsylvania have asked the judge overseeing the litigation to order sanctions against plaintiffs for repeatedly refusing to honor deadlines to turn over evidence including information about how state and local governments have handled the opioid crisis they blame on the drug industry.
NORRISTOWN – Republican Congressional candidate Kathy Barnette has filed litigation against Montgomery County, claiming its Board of Elections illegally canvassed mail-in ballots received before Election Day and wrongly gave voters with defective ballots an opportunity to cure them.
