Jennifer Bowers has filed a lawsuit against City Facilities Management (FL), LLC for negligence after slipping on water at a Wal-Mart in Butler Commons. She seeks over $75k in damages for serious injuries sustained during the incident.
Peter Innaurato has filed a lawsuit against JRI Hospitality Management Inc., operating as Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers, following a slip-and-fall incident resulting in serious injuries. The case highlights alleged negligence on part of the restaurant chain in maintaining safe premises for its patrons.
LANCASTER – The Hamilton Arms Center skilled nursing facility has brought preliminary objections against both the general allegations and demand for punitive damages made by the daughter of a resident who died there in June of last year.
PHILADELPHIA – For the second time, social media app TikTok is requesting a stay of survival and wrongful death litigation brought against it by the mother of a 10-year-old child who died in December due to attempting a “Blackout Challenge”.
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s litigation against U.S. Steel for extensive air pollution violations at its facility in Braddock saw the filing of a proposed consent decree the same day, which would see the company pay $1.5 million and remediate conditions at the plant.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man has discontinued claims that mopping liquid left on a set of stairs at a local restaurant by one of its employees, led him to fall on those same stairs and sustain serious and significant injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – The mother of a 10-year-old child who died in December as a result of attempting a “Blackout Challenge” she saw on social media app TikTok, has filed a civil suit against the company for survival and wrongful death in her late daughter’s name.
MEDIA – After Ridley Township motioned for summary judgment in a case surrounding injuries suffered by a Woodlyn woman who claimed an accumulation of water on the sidewalk at her local public library caused her to fall onto her left knee, the plaintiff filed a brief opposing the granting of such judgment.
MEDIA – After it motioned for summary judgment in a case surrounding injuries suffered by a Woodlyn woman, who claimed an accumulation of water on the sidewalk at her local public library caused her to fall onto her left knee, Ridley Township has seen the action remanded to arbitration.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has thrown out an attempt at securing summary judgment through the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act from a chemical and ingredient solutions distributor, in response to a lawsuit brought against it by a New Jersey truck driver.
PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has granted partial summary judgment against a woman who alleged her podiatrist’s office discriminated against her based on her disability when she sought medical treatment there – retaining her claim made under the Rehabilitation Act, but dismissing the one made under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.
PHILADELPHIA – Delaware County is pursuing legal action against more than two dozen companies it accuses of polluting its groundwater through the use of its products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), with private counsel attached to the case to receive a 25 percent contingency fee from any damages recovered and the action recently being sent to a South Carolina court.
MEDIA – Ridley Township argues that it is not liable for injuries suffered by a Delaware County plaintiff, who claims an accumulation of water on the sidewalk at her local public library caused her to fall and suffer injuries to her left knee.
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.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman has settled negligence claims with a Western Pennsylvania property manager and landlord, after alleging that those actions led her to suffer third-degree burns when she went to take a shower.
MEDIA – A Delaware County man stands by claims that mopping liquid left on a set of stairs at a local restaurant by one of its employees, led him to fall on those same stairs and sustain serious and significant injuries.
SCRANTON — A couple are claiming negligence against Split Rock Resort in Lake Harmony after the wife slipped and hit her head on a concrete wall while entering the restroom.
MEDIA – A Delaware County restaurant has denied liability for injuries a local man says he suffered when it allegedly left mopping liquid on a set of stairs, stairs which he later fell on and sustained serious and significant injuries.
PHILADELPHIA – A chemical and ingredient solutions distributor is seeking to dismiss through summary judgment the lawsuit levied against it by a New Jersey truck driver, countering that it is immune from the negligence suit under the Pennsylvania Workers’ Compensation Act.
