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Injured trackman reaches settlement with Conrail and Norfolk Southern in FELA litigation
PHILADELPHIA – A settlement was reached in the case of a Pennsylvania man who worked in multiple capacities for a pair of major rail transport companies and claimed they violated the Federal Employers Liability Act (FELA), by putting him in a long-term career environment which caused him permanent injury. -
Bed bugs settlement worth $2,000 for minor with alleged injuries
PHILADELPHIA – Recently, a settlement was obtained prior to arbitration between a group of Philadelphia tenants, including a minor plaintiff, and their former apartment management company for negligence, in a case connected to allegations the company did not protect the plaintiffs from being attacked by bed bugs. -
U.S. Merchant Marine says toxic exposure on vessels led him to contract leukemia
PHILADELPHIA – A former seaman has sued a long list of corporate defendants in state court, claiming their collective negligence in exposing him to benzene and other carcinogenic chemicals in the course of his work duties led him to develop acute myelogenous leukemia (AML). -
Settlement reached in defamation case involving knife manufacturer
PHILADELPHIA – A defamation case pitting a Massachusetts lawyer against a North Carolina man and Pennsylvania knife manufacturer and seller has been settled. -
Settlement reached between restaurant and customer who said he bit into a metal object in his mashed potatoes
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a Philadelphia man who alleged he was injured when he bit down on a metal button hidden in his mashed potatoes at a West Oak Lane restaurant was settled. -
City discontinues litigation against law firm it had alleged owed more than $300K in taxes
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has recently discontinued litigation against a law firm and two of its members, which claimed it failed to timely pay delinquent taxes in excess of $300,000 over a period spanning from 2007 to 2015. -
Lawsuit: Drunk whacked man with glass at Paddy Whacks
PHILADELPHIA – A new lawsuit in state court claims a patron of a South Philadelphia pub was assaulted by another customer, as a result of the establishment allegedly overserving the assailant and not ensuring the premises were safe for him. -
N.Y. man alleges nightclub patron struck him in the head with glass and injured him
PHILADELPHIA – A New York man who allegedly suffered severe injuries after being struck in the side of the face by a fellow patron wielding a glass inside a Philadelphia nightclub has sued the establishment, its ownership and his alleged assailant. -
Case of customer suing H&M as cause for her spinal injuries goes to state court
PHILADELPHIA – An H&M customer who allegedly suffered spinal injuries in an accident at their Upper Darby store location is pursuing legal damages against the retailer in a Philadelphia court. -
Philly grocery store's negligence led to box of umbrellas falling on plaintiff, suit says
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff who says she suffered spinal injuries and whose left foot was allegedly crushed by a toppled box of picnic table umbrellas has sued the Philadelphia grocery where the accident took place. -
Blank Rome pursuing $100K of allegedly unpaid legal fees from Bryn Mawr coffee company
PHILADELPHIA – Law firm Blank Rome is pursuing litigation against a Bryn Mawr coffee company that it says breached a settlement agreement over unpaid legal fees and has refused to rectify it. -
Ohio trades organization alleges it's owed more than $58K for labor supplied to Philadelphia construction project
PHILADELPHIA – An Ohio trades group that supplied workers and labor for a Philadelphia construction project says it is owed in excess of $58,000 for that same labor, an amount the defendant has supposedly refused to pay. -
Lawsuit: Visit to Clifton Heights KFC restaurant results in re-aggravated ACL tear for plaintiff
PHILADELPHIA – An Ohio customer who says he suffered a re-aggravated ACL tear of his right knee in a local Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant has sued the chain for negligence. -
Beating at bar, man says, left him injured, so he's suing
PHILADELPHIA – A man who claims to have sustained a violent assault and battery at the hands of bouncers and security personnel in a North Philadelphia bar, has sued both the establishment and its employees who were allegedly responsible. -
Texas education finance group looking to recoup $16K in loan funds from local defendant
PHILADELPHIA – An educational loan finance group based in Texas is seeking reconciliation of an outstanding loan in excess of $16,000 from a Philadelphia defendant in state court. -
Plaintiff alleges former employer and children's social service center violated state wage payment laws
PHILADELPHIA – A former services manager for a Philadelphia children's social services organization says the group violated Pennsylvania’s wage payment laws, when it allegedly refused to compensate her for back pay. -
Injured SEPTA bus passenger claims transport entity refuses to compensate him with insurance benefits
PHILADELPHIA – A Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) bus passenger, who was allegedly injured in a collision between the bus and a passing car about two-and-a-half years ago, is seeking for the transportation entity to pay his medical bills for injuries he sustained from the crash. -
H&M employee says collision with fire sprinkler cage gave him traumatic brain injury
PHILADELPHIA – An H&M store employee who claims to have suffered a traumatic brain injury after his head collided with a fire sprinkler and sprinkler cage at the Plymouth Meeting Mall is suing all of the entities allegedly responsible for his assortment of injuries. -
Parents of preteen Trump supporter sue Newsweek Magazine for defamation
PHILADELPHIA – The parents of an avid 12-year-old supporter of President Donald Trump have launched a defamation lawsuit against Newsweek Magazine, for labeling him as a “Trump Mini-Me” and as part of a sinister plot by the political alt-right in “defending raw racism and sexual abuse.” -
Parent sues Rose's Stores after son allegedly cut by clothes rack
PHILADELPHIA – The mother of a minor plaintiff injured in a branch location of Rose’s Stores in Philadelphia is suing the retail chain for negligence, claiming the abdominal laceration her son suffered was the store’s fault.