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Sysco worker sues pallet truck manufacturer after suffering crushed foot, ankle
PHILADELPHIA — A Sysco worker whose foot and ankle were crushed alleges a pallet truck manufacturer's faulty design and safety warnings are to blame. -
Greyhound, Flixbus motion to dismiss wrongful death suit over man who died on bus ride
PHILADELPHIA – The Greyhound and Flixbus transportation companies seek to disprove allegations that they were responsible for the death of a 32-year-old man from cardiac arrest, while aboard a Greyhound bus bound for Philadelphia two years ago. -
Judge denies Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility's attempt to dismiss man's civil rights suit
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied an attempt by Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility and its officials to dismiss a suit from a Delaware County man, who alleged that he was subjected to a lack of medical care and cruel and unusual punishment in violation of his constitutionally protected civil rights, while incarcerated there. -
After lighter retailer denies liability for fatal fire, plaintiff counsel reiterates its responsibility
PHILADELPHIA – Plaintiff counsel in wrongful death litigation connected to a fatal apartment house fire in Philadelphia, which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people, has opposed denials of liability from the retailer of the lighter which caused the blaze. -
Family of Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald sues alleged killer and his parents
PHILADELPHIA – The family of slain Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against his alleged, teenaged murderer Miles Pfeffer, Pfeffer’s parents and his mother’s longtime boyfriend, charging that they knew of the alleged killer’s mental instability and violent tendencies, and did not prevent him from committing Fitzgerald’s murder. -
Seller of lighter blamed for 12 deaths in Philly fire rejects lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – A lighter retailer is disavowing and redirecting liability in wrongful death litigation connected to a fatal apartment house fire in Philadelphia, which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people. -
Airbnb wants to stay or dismiss landlord's case against rowdy renter-turned-squatter
PHILADELPHIA – Airbnb is seeking to dismiss or stay all proceedings in the case of a South Philly landlord whose property sustained extensive damages in 2020, allegedly from a renter-turned-squatter who then subletted the residential space. -
UPenn Hospital seeking new trial, after jury's landmark $182.7M med-mal verdict
PHILADELPHIA – After a Philadelphia jury issued a $182.7 million medical malpractice verdict to a five-year-old boy born with cerebral palsy and his mother, the largest in state history, counsel for the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania have filed a post-trial motion seeking to remit the verdict and call for a new trial. -
Philly jury hands down $182.7M med-mal verdict against UPenn Hospital, largest in Pa. history
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia jury has handed down the largest medical malpractice verdict in the history of Pennsylvania, in the form of a $182.7 million judgment to a five year-old boy born with cerebral palsy and his mother, against the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. -
Philly landlord holds Airbnb responsible for damage that squatters did to his property
PHILADELPHIA – A South Philly landlord alleges that a man who rented out his residence through an Airbnb listing became a squatter and pseudo-landlord himself and did tremendous damage to the property for three months in 2020, and is now suing the company to recoup those costs. -
Northeast Philly church settles breach of contract suit against insurance carrier
PHILADELPHIA – A Northeast Philadelphia church’s lawsuit who contended that its insurance carrier committed breach of contract by failing to cover its losses of water damage sustained when a drain line failed, has settled its case. -
Philadelphia Housing Authority wants material stricken from suit connected to fire which killed 12 people
PHILADELPHIA – Citing insufficiency of pleading, the Philadelphia Housing Authority is seeking to strike multiple paragraphs from wrongful death litigation connected to a fatal apartment house fire which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people. -
Philadelphians bring class action suit after Delaware River chemical spill
PHILADELPHIA – Three Philadelphians have brought a class action lawsuit in connection with a recent spill of thousands of gallons of a chemical used to refine latex, from a Bristol plant into a tributary of the Delaware River. -
Fatal apartment fire leads to wrongful death suit against Philadelphia Housing Authority
PHILADELPHIA – A fatal apartment house fire which took place in January 2022 and caused the deaths of 12 people, has led to the families and estates of the victims filing a wrongful death lawsuit against the Philadelphia Housing Authority. -
Objections in Philly's Zantac mass tort, 400 cases strong, say cases are unsound
PHILADELPHIA – New preliminary objections have been lodged in complex litigation related to claims over discontinued heartburn fighter and stomach acid suppressant drug Zantac, charging that the plaintiffs’ case is unsound, unsupported and jurisdictionally improper. -
Settlement fund approved for Angiotech in vena cava filter litigation, with Texas authorities in charge
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge has approved the creation of a qualified settlement fund for one medical device company named as a defendant in complex litigation related to damage for inferior vena cava filters, with Texas-based companies set to supervise the funds. -
Jury awards $43.5M med-mal verdict to former Philadelphia Eagles captain Chris Maragos
PHILADELPHIA – After a two-week trial, a jury has handed down a $43.5 million medical malpractice verdict to the former captain of the Philadelphia Eagles, finding that his doctors were negligent in their treatment of his 2017 knee injury and that it directly led to the end of his National Football League career. -
Philadelphia argues against Taxi Workers' Alliance's injunction request over airport pickup lanes
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has argued against an injunction being sought by a nonprofit corporation representing local taxi cab drivers, which alleged that its decision to modify where its drivers are positioned outside terminals at Philadelphia International Airport will cause irreparable damage to business. -
Law firm says defamation and slander suit is not duplicative, and should proceed
MEDIA – A local law firm and one of its Delaware County-based partners who accused a group of individuals of defamation and slander say their complaint should not be dismissed and is not duplicative of a prior action, to the contrary of the defendants’ arguments. -
Judge hands down second dismissal in federal suit over school bus sexual assault
PHILADELPHIA – For the second time, a federal judge has dismissed litigation from a woman who alleged that the school bus sexual assault she endured as a middle school student was the fault of her school, which was said to have disregarded the alleged assailant’s history of prior assaults and violated her constitutional rights in the process.