PITTSBURGH – An Altoona couple alleges that doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center failed to follow up on the wife-plaintiff’s initial diagnosis of adenopathy, which she says led her to develop late-stage thyroid cancer.
PITTSBURGH – University of Pittsburgh McKeesport hospital and its physicians have denied that they were liable for allegedly failing to discover a 33-year-old man’s pulmonary embolism, which caused his death last summer.
MEDIA – A Delaware County church volunteer who alleged she ingested a negligently placed and toxic cleaning supply product, located on the same table as refreshments offered to the public when she worked at an event to provide COVID-19 vaccinations two years ago, may receive a default judgment.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has granted motions to dismiss from several defendants, in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison.
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Kelly Vanepps-Shiray against Carly Farinelli, City of Hermitage, Heather Bush, Kayla Kerr, Louis Lauderbaugh, Masashi Okubo, Matt Chlpka, Mcgonigle Ambulance Service, Inc., Noah Amrhein, Officer Christopher Morse, UPMC Horizon, UPMC Horizon Greenville and University of Pittsburgh Physicians on Jan. 12.
ALLENTOWN – A Berks County man alleges he was savagely beaten by Pennsylvania state troopers, had his hands handcuffed behind his back and escorted to a six foot-high fence, where he was then lifted and thrown over the opposite side, fracturing his pelvis, two years ago.
MEDIA — A couple allege the wife suffered serious injuries after falling and striking her head while a patient at Crozer Chester Medical Center. Maggie L.
WILLIAMSPORT – A federal judge has sustained discovery objections from Geisinger Health and ordered plaintiffs to identify the job categories that fall within the definition of “Healthcare Workers” – in a class action lawsuit against the company and Evangelical Community Hospital, which claimed the Pennsylvania hospitals engaged in a secret “no-poach agreement” that suppressed professional mobility and salaries in Central Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – The Chairman of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has introduced legislation to amend Pennsylvania’s constitution to prohibit venue shopping in medical liability cases, a potential game-changer for civil litigation statewide if it were to be passed.
PHILADELPHIA – A Colorado-based estate has finalized a settlement surrounding claims that the death of a Coatesville nursing care facility resident from an inter-cranial hemorrhage nearly three years ago was the result of negligent care on the part of the facility and its staff, for $150,000.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially granted a stay to two police defendants from their involvement in the civil rights violation case of a man who argues he was erroneously convicted of three murders, for which he served 28 years in prison – since they feel their testimony may be used against them in another criminal case.
SCRANTON – A federal judge has ruled that a graphic designer and her partner, who sought anonymity in a lawsuit alleging years of sexual harassment at the hands of the main plaintiff’s supervisor while working at a Monroe County resort, would be compelled to name themselves moving forward.
PITTSBURGH – A pilot for a California airline who claimed he suffered medical complications resulting from negligent, prolonged carbon monoxide exposure in the planes he was flying, has settled his claims with the airline.
PITTSBURGH – A U.S. Navy veteran who alleged that sub-standard care he received at his local Veterans Affairs hospital resulted in his suffering permanent vision loss and damage, is settling his claims with the federal government.
HARRISBURG – One doctor has been conditionally dismissed from negligence litigation brought by a Virginia woman, who alleged her Erb’s Palsy and arm and shoulder injuries were the result of her being delivered in a hazardous and dangerous manner in a Pennsylvania hospital.
PHILADELPHIA – A Colorado-based estate is ready to settle claims that the death of a Coatesville nursing care facility resident from an inter-cranial hemorrhage nearly three years ago was the result of negligent care on the part of the facility and its staff, for $150,000.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal discrimination case brought by two retired NFL players against the league, claiming that it manipulated cognitive function data to make it less likely Black players would receive proceeds from the 2016 concussion settlement, has been resolved.
PITTSBURGH – Dollar Tree denied the allegations of a Pittsburgh woman claiming that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased at one of its stores.
PITTSBURGH – Dollar Tree has removed litigation from a Pittsburgh woman claiming that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased there, to a Pennsylvania federal court.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has ordered that more specificity must be provided by a Canadian plaintiff who alleged that a Bucks County manufacturer and installer of shower doors was negligent in its professional duties – and thus, led to her minor-aged daughter being cut by broken glass when it shattered during their hotel stay last year.
