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Man allegedly injured by metal button in his mashed potatoes sues for damages
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man who alleges he was injured when he bit down on a metal button hidden in his mashed potatoes has filed litigation against the West Oak Lane neighborhood restaurant in which the accident took place. -
Tenants sue apartment management company, allege bed bugs
PHILADELPHIA – A group of Philadelphia tenants have filed legal action against their former apartment management company for negligence, in regards to allegations they did not protect them from being attacked by bed bugs. -
Superior Court upholds judgment in favor of mother whose son received untimely meningitis diagnosis
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania has ruled to affirm a federal court’s decision to award multimillion-dollar damages to the mother of an infant son for the damages resulting from his untimely diagnosis of meningitis, in a medical malpractice action. -
City of Philadelphia says disability law firm has not paid over $300K in delinquent taxes
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has initiated litigation against a law firm and two of its members, claiming it failed to timely pay delinquent taxes in excess of $300,000 over a period spanning from 2007 to 2015. -
Senior's alleged fall leads to wrongful death lawsuit against health care center
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman believes a senior healthcare and rehabilitation center did not implement a plan of care sufficient enough to prevent her deceased father from suffering fatal fall-related injuries. -
Woman wants pub and law firm to pay remaining balance of settlement funds
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff believes the pub and law firm she settled with before a prospective lawsuit was undertaken have not paid her the full balance of previously-agreed-upon settlement funds. -
Plaintiff believes decedent's niece and attorney abused civil process in will matter
PHILADELPHIA – An estate administrator and attorney believes a decedent’s niece and a rival attorney committed negligence, fraud and abused civil process during the matter of processing the instant case decedent’s purported will. -
Man says he suffered psychosis as a result of pesticide-induced poisoning
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia man who believes he was poisoned by methyl bromide pesticides two years ago has sued the companies he believes are responsible for his medical condition. -
California plaintiff accuses medical device companies of making defective vena cava filter
PHILADELPHIA – A California plaintiff is claiming medical device companies manufactured a defective model of vena cava filter, a device used to prevent pulmonary embolism (a blood clot in the lungs). -
Lawsuit filed over trash truck explosion, third-degree burns
PHILADELPHIA – A man who suffered third-degree burns from a trash truck’s natural gas system is suing companies he believes are liable for causing the explosion that catastrophically injured him. -
Health care worker says she suffered assault and battery at hands of former employer
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman has sued her former employer for damages, after allegedly being on the receiving end of assault and battery from the co-owner of the home healthcare business. -
Philly woman's injury lawsuit against Center City shoe store dismissed from state court
PHILADELPHIA – A woman’s lawsuit filed against a Center City Philadelphia shoe store she purchased a pair of sandals from, which she was allegedly injured by, has been dismissed from state court for failure to state a claim. -
Corona bottle shattered in hand, man claims in lawsuit
PHILADELPHIA – A man believes a major beer manufacturer and its distributors were responsible for injuries he suffered when a Corona beer bottle he was holding unexpectedly broke in his hand. -
N.J. man says rice at Longhorn had broken plate in it
PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey man who became ill and injured from allegedly being served shards of a broken plate at a Longhorn Steakhouse in Hamilton Township, N.J., has sued for negligence-related damages in state court. -
Woman got drunk, wrecked car and urinated self, then sued the pub that served her
MEDIA – A Media woman has sued a now-closed Philadelphia bar for its alleged responsibility in causing an automobile accident she was involved in during the summer of 2015, in addition to causing a number of serious injuries she allegedly suffered while being detained in police custody. -
Widower alleges wife's fatal brain hemorrhage due to medical malpractice
PHILADELPHIA – A Willow Grove widower alleges medical malpractice from a local medical facility and its doctors resulted in the untimely death of his wife from a subarachnoid hemorrhage. -
Plaintiff seeks $20K settlement proceeds from late wife's case against Home Depot approved and distributed
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff wants an approximately $20,000 survival proceeds settlement reached last August in the case of his late wife against Home Depot approved and distributed, per a recent petition he filed in state court. -
Case of woman claiming Temple University Hospital missed diagnosing her breast cancer was settled
PHILADELPHIA – The case of a Philadelphia woman who alleged Temple University Health System and a number of its physicians missed diagnosing her metastatic breast cancer over a three-and-a-half-year time period from 2011 to 2015 was settled and ended in May of last year. -
Attorney: Stuart Weitzman ignored settlement request, leading to lawsuit over sewing needle left in boot
PHILADELPHIA – The attorney for a Newtown Square woman who was allegedly injured when a sewing needle that she claims was left in a pair of Stuart Weitzman boots became lodged in her leg said a lawsuit filed Jan. 27 against the shoe company was filed because “the company’s representative was not responding to our requests to settle the case.” -
Business owners say fire suppression system's improper installation escalated fire which destroyed restaurant
PHILADELPHIA – A pair of New York plaintiffs believe a local fire security company was negligent in its duty to install a working fire suppression system in their business, which later burned down.