The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Hamilton Equipment Inc. against Danuser Machine Company Inc. on Jan. 31.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Brotherly Love may have added its first Super Bowl trophy to its list of accolades this year, but a second distinction Philadelphia received in 2018 was another prominent placement on the American Tort Reform Association’s annual list of “Judicial Hellholes.”
PHILADELPHIA – The construction entities with ties to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Schuylkill project are facing a lawsuit from a concrete worker allegedly struck by a falling metal object on the job, though all parties have consented to punitive damages being off the table.
PHILADELPHIA – A forklift operator whose leg was crushed at the warehouse where he worked and later required amputation, has sued a number of commercial defendants for legal damages associated with that injury.
PITTSBURGH – A man’s hip and back injuries sustained at a Pittsburgh supermarket are the result of the store’s allegedly-deficient condition, which a lawsuit says led to that accident.
PHILADELPHIA — Three passengers are suing National Railroad Passenger Corporation, a/k/a Amtrak, alleging negligence, failure to warn and insufficient measures taken to prevent injuries.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - The average number of companies targeted by some of the biggest asbestos firms in their lawsuits is in the triple-figures, according to recent statistics, leading some, especially those in claims management, to question the strategy of plaintiffs’ lawyers.
PHILADELPHIA – A number of preliminary objections from defense counsel are in play, in connection with a fatal assault and battery-based wrongful death and survival lawsuit emanating from Sinking Springs.
SCRANTON — A former Madison Township office employee is suing the township and a supervisor, citing alleged hostile work environment and wrongful discharge.
The result is an improvement from the last version of the survey, though Philadelphia is singled out as one of the worst local jurisdictions for businesses.
A Pittsburgh woman is suing her former employer, alleging it denied her promotional opportunities and ultimately terminated her because of her disability.
