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Carpet cleaning manager terminated for COVID-19 objections update: Judge dismisses plaintiff's case
PITTSBURGH – An employee of a carpet cleaning service who claimed he was wrongfully terminated during the COVID-19 pandemic, when he objected to working in areas where social distancing and wearing of protective personal equipment was not being practiced, has seen his case dismissed in state court. -
Medical defendants deny liability for plaintiff whose alleged missed diagnosis led to perforated ulcer and bowel necrosis
MEDIA – Three defendants deny liability for injuries a Ridley Park woman suffered, when medical professionals allegedly failed to identify and diagnose her perforated ulcer and bowel necrosis, leading her to suffer permanent damage to her digestive tract. -
Woman who allegedly suffers glaucoma and other eye injuries after Lasik surgery reiterates claims
SCRANTON – A local woman has reiterated claims that she developed glaucoma, corneal ulcers and other ocular conditions due to professional negligence on the part of her ophthalmologist, after undergoing Lasik eye surgery. -
Settlement brewing between student allegedly attacked and Haverford Area School District
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge recently ordered that litigation between a former student who was attacked by a classmate in his special academic program and the Haverford Area School District has been stayed, pending its resolution through settlement. -
Judge dismisses claims from lawsuit of corrections officer who claimed he was disciplined for Facebook post
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has partially dismissed two claims from a suit filed by a local corrections officer who claimed that his First Amendment rights were violated, when he was disciplined for speech made in a Facebook post to call for a rally in response to payroll policy breaches. -
Nursing organization and its owner deny claims they caused $250K in damages to neighboring housing community
PITTSBURGH – A nursing company and its owner deny liability for allegedly causing $250,000 in severe damage to retaining walls and surrounding property belonging to its neighbor, the owner of a residential housing community. -
Plaintiffs refute senior health care group's denial of causing mother's death through subpar care in 2019
MEDIA – The daughters of a Delaware County nursing home resident contend that she was improperly cared for by the staff of the facility where she was living and that same level of sub-standard care is what directly caused her death, refuting assertions from the facility that it was not responsible for her passing. -
Delco plaintiff says doctors missed detecting her husband's cancer, which he later passed away from
MEDIA – A Delaware County woman says that negligence on the part of a host of medical professionals in the Crozer Health Care System led to her late husband’s cancer being missed in examinations, a disease he later passed away from. -
Woman reiterates legality of claims connected to her fall in Philly's Washington Square Park
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman who suffered severe leg injuries in a fall over a metal barrier at Washington Square Park more than two years ago argues that the U.S. government’s attempt to dismiss her litigation should be disregarded, based on the fact that the allegations do not fall under the discretionary function exception. -
Suit over security system installer's electrocution loses claims for recklessness and punitive damages
LANCASTER – Plaintiff counsel have agreed to dismiss their claims for recklessness and punitive damages against one defendant named in a negligence lawsuit, centered on a security system installer’s electrocution at a Lancaster hotel. -
Pa. Supreme Court rules Pittsburgh ordinance preventing landlords from denying housing to Section 8 tenants is unconstitutional
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania found that a Pittsburgh ordinance which forbid landlords from denying rental units to tenants who use federal housing vouchers was not legal under the state’s Pennsylvania Human Relations Act and thus, was unconstitutional to business. -
Bethlehem hospital filing for summary judgment, in wrongful death suit connected to woman's surgery
ALLENTOWN – A Bethlehem hospital has filed a motion for summary judgment, seeking to dismiss litigation alleging that a local woman died from internal bleeding resulting from a surgery at the very same hospital. -
Insurance carrier files suit against Folcroft Swim Club, where 13-year-old child drowned two years ago
MEDIA – After the parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at Folcroft Swim Club two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility, its insurance carrier has now filed additional litigation against both the club and the plaintiffs in the underlying wrongful death case. -
Darby Township police officer denies that he conducted illegal traffic stop and search upon plaintiff's vehicle
PHILADELPHIA – A Darby Township police officer has refuted accusations that he violated the constitutional rights of a Delaware County man by conducting an illegal traffic stop and search and seizure upon the plaintiff’s vehicle. -
Pine-Richland School District says there is no truth to defamation claims from former high school football coach
PITTSBURGH – Pine-Richland School District and three of its officials deny that they defamed its now former high school football head coach with false claims that he condoned hazing and bullying in the school’s football program. -
Valley Forge Military Academy denies that it racially discriminated against Black cadets at its institution
PHILADELPHIA – Valley Forge Military Academy & College denies a lawsuit’s allegations that it engaged in racial discrimination towards one of its cadets or that it disciplined Black cadets more severely than others at the institution. -
Troutman Pepper Serves as Regulatory Counsel to TEAM Services Group in its Partnership with 24 Hour Home Care
Troutman Pepper Serves as Regulatory Counsel to TEAM Services Group in its Partnership with 24 Hour Home Care. -
Rocket Cart manufacturer says it's not responsible for injuries suffered by Walmart store associate in New Jersey
ALLENTOWN – The manufacturer of a device used to move merchandise and stock store shelves has discounted liability claims from an associate at a New Jersey Walmart, who alleged he suffered severe head injuries from using the machine. -
Phila. EMTs claim immunity shields their actions in responding to man's overdose
PHILADELPHIA – Following similar defenses from members of the Philadelphia Police Department, a pair of Philadelphia Fire Department EMT’s have denied they used excessive force on a Massachusetts man when responding to his opiate overdose and allegedly caused his death. -
Man allegedly assaulted by Pittsburgh police during convenience store trip in 2013 settles claims
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh man who alleged he was assaulted by local police officers when he was walking back to his home from a trip to a convenience store alongside his brother in 2013, has settled his claims.