PITTSBURGH – A pair of Western Pennsylvania homeowners have sued their next-door neighbors, claiming that the defendants’ illegally-constructed parking area has resulted in groundwater runoff flooding their finished basement.
ALLENTOWN – Sherwin-Williams has responded to counsel for an Easton couple, who were recently sanctioned by a federal judge for dissemination of confidential trade secrets of the paint company, and who are now trying to reduce the amount in attorney’s fees requested by the defense as part of that same sanction.
ALLENTOWN – Plaintiff counsel for an Easton couple, who were recently sanctioned by a federal judge for dissemination of confidential trade secrets to paint company Sherwin-Williams, are now trying to reduce the amount in attorney’s fees requested by the defense as part of that same sanction.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has sanctioned plaintiff counsel in an Easton couple’s product liability case against the Sherwin-Williams paint company, finding that said counsel was responsible for the dissemination of the company’s confidential trade secrets in filings associated with the case.
PHILADELPHIA – A proposed settlement of $265,000 is on the table in litigation from the parents of a Philadelphia child who allegedly suffered from toxic lead exposure at his local elementary school against the school district, which alleged state-created danger and negligence claims.
ALLENTOWN – A battle for the levying of sanctions is still underway between an Easton couple and Sherwin-Williams, as the company wants a federal judge to sanction plaintiff counsel for the alleged dissemination of its confidential trade secrets.
ALLENTOWN – The mother of a six-year-old Pen Argyl boy has filed suit against her Florida-based landlord, charging that his failure to remediate lead from the home she rented has left her son with permanent brain damage.
HARRISBURG – A panel of judges from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania ruled that a Westmoreland County court was correct when it granted summary judgment to a property management company that it found was not responsible for injuries suffered by one of its tenants.
PHILADELPHIA – After a federal judge dismissed a discrimination suit from Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups over Mayor Jim Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday, the case has been appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted summary judgment to Travelers Insurance, defeating litigation from Delaware County where it sought insurance coverage to the tune of $32 million, for damages it alleged it suffered when a 12-ton panel fell on one of its parking garages and adjacent buildings.
LANCASTER — A man is suing a commercial property owner for not having snow guards on its metal roof, which allegedly caused heavy snow to damage his classic Chevrolet automobile that was parked in a nearby property.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney are seeking to dismiss a discrimination complaint from Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups over Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday, arguing it lacks any factual basis.
PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia City Council member Mark Squilla and local Italian-American groups have filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the City of Philadelphia and Mayor Jim Kenney, over Kenney’s removal of Columbus Day as an observed city holiday and other incidents the suit says speak to his prejudice for Italian-Americans.
PHILADELPHIA – A trial is upcoming in an insurance case in which Delaware County wants insurance coverage to the tune of $32 million, for damages it alleges it suffered when a 12-ton panel fell on one of its parking garages and adjacent buildings.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has agreed that a plaintiff who alleged negligence on the part of an arena management company, when she was injured in a stadium brawl at a Shania Twain concert in Pittsburgh two years ago, did so without proper specificity.
PITTSBURGH – One of three companies being sued for injuries a Pennsylvania woman suffered when riding a camel at a Pittsburgh circus event has been ordered to comply with discovery requests, in order to uncover more possible defendants.
PITTSBURGH – An arena management company objects to claims it is liable for injuries suffered by a woman who attended a Shania Twain concert in Pittsburgh two years ago, when a confrontation between intoxicated patrons several rows above her seats spilled over and caused her to be launched into metal stadium seats.
PITTSBURGH – A woman who attended a Shania Twain concert in Pittsburgh two years ago says a confrontation between intoxicated patrons several rows above her seats spilled over to her, where she was launched into metal seats and injured.
The following cases categorized as "contract" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on July 13. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
