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Woman sues Pa. Corrections Dept., says men kept getting jobs she should've
PITTSBURGH - A woman is suing the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, claiming men were given jobs for which she was more qualified. -
Lawsuit blames Pittsburgh schools for attack at Brashear High
PITTSBURGH - A Brashear High student who says he was bullied, including an attack that led to a traumatic injury, has sued the Pittsburgh Public School District. -
Former Somerset County DA Jeffrey Thomas faces sexual assault lawsuit
A woman has filed a lawsuit claiming that Somerset County District Attorney Jeffrey Thomas sent her sexually violent text messages for months before breaking into her home and physically and sexually assaulting her. -
Couple claim negligence after wife trips at camping resort, suffers fractures
PITTSBURGH — A couple are claiming negligence against a camping resort after the wife allegedly tripped over a raised weather strip on an entryway and suffered serious injuries. -
Asbestos lawyer agrees to turn over some disputed records to company skeptical of claims
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – An asbestos lawyer accused of submitting false claims in order to take millions of dollars from a lightly supervised asbestos trust has reached an agreement on what materials he will hand over. -
Honeywell, asbestos lawyer to argue over subpoena in Pittsburgh
PITTSBURGH (Legal Newsline) – Federal bankruptcy court in Pittsburgh will be the venue where an asbestos lawyer accused of pocketing millions of dollars by filling out inaccurate forms fights a defendant tired of paying him. -
Man alleges Little Giant ladder defect caused his 20-foot fall
PITTSBURGH — A man claims he fell 20 feet to the ground and suffered serious injuries due to a defective ladder manufactured by Little Giant Ladder Systems. -
Blind men sue Showtime, request audio description tracks on programming
PITTSBURGH - Charges have been brought against Showtime Networks Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania by two men who say that Showtime violates the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) by not having audio description tracks for video content to serve the blind and visually impaired people who want to use the platform. -
Kane Center sued after morbidly obese woman fell, broke tibia
PITTSBURGH - Allegheny County is being sued for a case of alleged deprivation of rights of a nursing home resident at the Kane Scott Center, a skilled nursing long-term care facility, according to documents filed Feb. 4 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. -
Enon Valley man seeks damages in misfired crossbow case
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania man has filed a lawsuit against the makers of a crossbow alleging he was seriously hurt when it misfired. -
Property owner says Trafford took its $20K bond, never returned it
PITTSBURGH – The owner of a building in the middle of the Borough of Trafford is suing it, claiming it took a $20,000 bond for sewer repair and never gave it back. -
Victoria's Secret case update: Company says fall was woman's fault
PITTSBURGH – Victoria’s Secret says a shopper who suffered arm injuries when she fell in the entryway of a store located in the South Hills Village shopping mall was contributorily negligent to causing those same injuries. -
Ferndale student says she was bullied, assaulted and got no help from school administration
JOHNSTOWN – A Ferndale junior high school student’s lawsuit says after informing school administration about harassment and threats of assault she faced regularly with no recourse, the students responsible carried out their threat and her rights were violated in the process. -
Brothers contest bank and Farm Service Agency loan arrangement, later sheriff's sale of their dairy farm
PITTSBURGH – A pair of brothers from Western Pennsylvania and their dairy farm are lodging formal action against a state bank and officials representing the Farm Service Agency, over a dispute concerning a loan process the farm was involved in and a subsequent sheriff’s sale on their property. -
Vandergrift Borough Council member claims campaign of harassment and slander from other town officials
PITTSBURGH – A member of the Vandergrift Borough Council alleges that since January, five fellow council members, the mayor, chief of police and a police officer carried out a campaign of defamation and slander intended to ruin her reputation and drive her out of public office. -
Protective order agreed upon by parties in case surrounding nude photos of KinderCare student
PHILADELPHIA – A stipulated protective order surrounding the distribution of mental health records requested by discovery-related subpoena has been signed by counsel for both parties, in the case of a KinderCare teacher who has been accused of taking inappropriate pictures of a student and then sharing them with other adults. -
Class action: There's something unnatural in Renpure Plant products labeled natural
PITTSBURGH – Renpure Plant beauty products should not be marketed as “natural,” a new class action in Pittsburgh federal court says. -
Class action never certified, but worker gets $30K in FLSA lawsuit against Right Turn Supply
PITTSBURGH - A federal judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania green-lighted a $30,000 settlement in a Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit that never became a class action against Right Turn Supply on April 23. -
Legal assistant claims firm fired her after she disclosed health issues, transferred her job to younger employee
PITTSBURGH — A former legal assistant is alleging she was fired after disclosing her health issues with her job being transferred to a younger employee. Cynthia Boslet filed a complaint April 15 in the U.S. -
Though 'sympathetic,' Pa. federal judge defers to agency that took children from mother
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania will not interfere with state law as it denied a woman’s request for injunctive relief in a case in which she lost custody of her two children.