PHILADELPHIA – The case of a Philadelphia woman who claims an ambulance company’s personnel tasked with aiding her father in a medical emergency and instead caused him fatal injury has been scheduled for a settlement conference this autumn, prior to the case heading to trial next winter.
PHILADELPHIA – Subsequent to a lack of response, a prominent insurance provider has won a default judgment in a legal action it brought against a local motorist it believed was liable for vehicular damages sustained by one of its policyholders.
An individual is suing the City of Johnstown, Cambria County, David Tulowitzki, Merrill Brant, Scott Ermlick, Angelo Cancelliere and Lawrence Wagner, citing alleged wrongful conviction and incarceration.
An individual is suing Intertek York-Building Products & Building Services and other companies for allegedly taking insufficient measures to prevent injuries.
MEDIA – Wawa convenience stores may be facing a contempt citation in connection to a case involving a trash compactor/bailer unit, which the associated lawsuit says crushed a plaintiff’s left arm and resulted in him sustaining permanent injuries.
MEDIA – An Aston couple who sued Harrah’s Philadelphia Casino and its operating companies for negligence and loss of consortium in connection with an injurious fall to the husband settled their litigation with the casino.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia federal magistrate judge has scheduled March 20 as the day to possibly settle a subrogation case over damages related to a house fire, a month after the defendants lost their effort to dismiss the case.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit against Parx Casino connected to an alleged incident in which an elderly patron suffered a broken leg on its premises will be heard in a federal court this spring, per a case management order from a federal magistrate judge.
PHILADELPHIA – Recently, a settlement was obtained prior to arbitration between a group of Philadelphia tenants, including a minor plaintiff, and their former apartment management company for negligence, in a case connected to allegations the company did not protect the plaintiffs from being attacked by bed bugs.
HARRISBURG – A lower court’s dismissal of a civil lawsuit filed by former state Senate candidate John H. Morley Jr. against several defendants who challenged his 2016 candidacy was upheld in a Jan. 24 ruling of the Commonwealth Court.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has become the latest government entity in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to sue opioid manufacturers for deceptive marketing practices and creating what it has termed “an unprecedented public health crisis.”
PITTSBURGH – Recently filed legal action in a state court centers on a pedestrian alleging discount retailer Dollar General’s unsafe premises led to the plaintiff’s accident and resulting injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff who alleges he was brutally beaten at a New Year’s Eve party held at a Philadelphia museum two years ago has commenced litigation against all parties he feels are responsible for his injuries.
