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SEPTA Tells Plaintiff Counsel To Raise Estate
Several defendants, including the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, are calling on the counsel of a deceased woman who filed a negligence lawsuit against them in 2012 to take further action, or risk dismissal of their suit. -
Judge won't stay insurance dispute while worker's personal injury suit plays out
PHILADELPHIA – On June 9, a federal judge decided against staying an insurance dispute while an underlying personal injury action resolves itself. -
Salvage company ordered to pay remainder of settlement or face sanctions
PHILADELPHIA –The proprietor of a Philadelphia salvage company on the hook for a $25,000 settlement must pay his remaining balance by July 14 or risk facing further sanctions. -
Personal injury suit over fall at Triad Plaza parking garage transferred
PHILADELPHIA –A negligence lawsuit filed against the Triad Plaza in Bala Cynwyd has been transferred to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas. -
HIV-positive man's slip-and-fall case sent to arbitration after he opposed admissibility of medical history
PHILADELPHIA – A June 3 order from Judge Mark I. Bernstein of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas will send the continuing case of an HIV-positive man suing Temple University over an alleged fall suffered on the university’s campus to arbitration. -
Judge won't re-list slip-and-fall case for trial because defendant missed one settlement payment
PHILADELPHIA – Per a May 29 order from Judge Alice Beck Dubow, a defendant in a negligence lawsuit found to be in breach of a prior settlement agreement has until Sept. 1 to correct it. -
Major Tours says it was never noticed of 2005 judgment against it
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for a Philadelphia-based touring company wants a decade-old judgment of $14,000 levied against it in response to a motor vehicle accident thrown out of court, alleging improper notice. -
Plaintiff's attorney withdraws from case against SEPTA after 'obstacles and legal issues' arise
PHILADELPHIA – "Obstacles and legal issues” have caused an attorney representing a Philadelphia man suing the Southeastern Philadelphia Transportation Authority (SEPTA) to petition the court for relief of that duty. -
Car wreck plaintiff decides to represent himself
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff suing another party involved in a motor vehicle accident plans to represent himself pro se in further proceedings related to his case. -
Counsel for plaintiff suing over fall at Philadelphia community center withdrawing from case
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man suing a pair of management service companies and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania for a fall sustained in a city community center will need to seek new counsel. -
Attorney withdrawing from case against strip club, cites disagreement over case strategy with plaintiff
PHILADELPHIA – A man who claims he was injured in a fall in a local gentleman’s club may need to seek new representation, after his attorney motioned to withdraw his appearance from the litigation. -
Defendants want slip-and-fall case heard in Delaware County
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants accused of negligence in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas have requested an evidentiary hearing to determine if that court is the proper venue to hear their case. -
Trucker who fell on ice at plant asked to prove why case should be heard in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA – A trucker allegedly injured in a fall at an energy plant will have to show why his case should be heard in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. -
Cleaning company sued over slip, says plaintiff filed it in the wrong court
PHILADELPHIA – A Reading couple have sued a pair of commercial cleaning and sanitation companies for negligence after the wife allegedly slipped on a wet floor in the course of her work duties. -
Defendants in slip-and-falls suits say they weren't properly noticed, object to 'recklessness' charge
PHILADELPHIA – Separate negligence lawsuits filed against Philadelphia condominium management companies will be the subject of a hearing to ascertain whether the defendants were improperly served, according to court records. -
Judge tosses beaten customer's claims against Family Dollar
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Family Dollar from a Chicago couple’s lawsuit against it and officers of the Philadelphia Police Department for allegedly assaulting the husband and covering it up through filing a false report. -
Litigants wait on appeal in case of fatal Greyhound bus crash
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of lawsuits filed against Greyhound Bus Lines, one of its drivers and its parent company are under consideration for a motion to stay their proceedings, pending a coming state Superior Court decision on the release of privileged attorney-client communications. -
Woman named as landlord-defendant in trip-and-fall does not own property
PHILADELPHIA – Defense counsel for a Philadelphia woman sued for negligence has petitioned to be removed from representing her, after it was determined she no longer owned the property where a plaintiff claimed to have fallen in July 2012. -
Philly woman wants $30K slip-and-fall settlement vacated, says defendant missed payments
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman who claimed she was injured at her former apartment complex and settled with her ex-landlord before trial is now seeking to re-list the case for trial after he allegedly missed paying several installments of the settlement funds. -
Lawsuit over slip-and-fall at Mexican resort will be heard in federal court
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge ruled a personal injury case will be heard in federal court and denied a Feasterville Trevose man’s motion to have the case remanded to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas on May 18.