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Allegheny County judge grants objections in carpet cleaner's COVID-19 exposure and wrongful termination case
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has granted the preliminary objections of an upholstery cleaning company, which is defending itself against a wrongful termination suit filed by a former employee who says he was fired for objecting to working in areas where protective measures were not being practiced during the COVID-19 pandemic. -
City of Pittsburgh argues AT&T's application for small-cell wireless towers in right-of-way was incomplete
PITTSBURGH – In response to AT&T’s claims that the City of Pittsburgh and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania violated the Telecommunications Act of 1996 by their limiting of the company’s ability to place wireless facilities on telephone poles in the City’s rights-of-way, the City counters that the company’s application was incomplete. -
Third Circuit upholds dismissal of gift shop worker's discrimination suit against Geisinger Medical
PHILADELPHIA – A panel of judges from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has affirmed a summary judgment ruling which dismissed an age and disability-related discrimination lawsuit filed by a Wilkes-Barre hospital gift shop worker ,who claimed she wasn’t hired for open positions advertised at the facility. -
Phila. says no foundation to civil rights lawsuit brought by man prosecuted twice for narcotics
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia argues that a civil rights lawsuit alleging that multiple Philadelphia Police Department officers and assistant district attorneys violated a Philadelphia man and his family’s constitutional rights through illegally-performed narcotics arrests and prosecutions, is unfounded. -
Williamsport fights lawsuit filed by flag-burner
WILLIAMSPORT – The City of Williamsport believes that it did not violate the constitutional rights of a political activist through its open-burning ordinance, which the plaintiff alleged had prevented his burning flags as a method of protest. -
Company counters suit centered on security system installer's electrocution by disclaiming responsibility
LANCASTER – One defendant named in a negligence lawsuit centered on a security system installer’s electrocution at a Lancaster hotel argued that it was not responsible for that event, and did not contribute to the circumstances which caused it. -
Steel City Media fights back against lawsuit over alleged violation of its hire's no-compete agreement
PITTSBURGH – Steel City Media and one of its on-air radio personalities have denied they violated the no-compete terms of an agreement the talent had signed with her former employer back in 2014, and claim that the suit is barred. -
Haverford school district argues administrative remedies defense, others should bar assault suit
PHILADELPHIA – The Haverford Area School District answers that a failure to exhaust administrative remedies and abide by the statute of limitations should bar litigation from a former student who was attacked by a classmate in his special academic program. -
Pizzeria which allegedly served Muslim woman pork wants plaintiff to comply with discovery requests
MEDIA – Counsel for a Delaware County pizza restaurant is seeking to compel answers to discovery requests from a plaintiff of the Islamic faith, who alleged the restaurant sent her an order of food containing pork, which her religion prevents her from consuming. -
Blank Rome Welcomes Litigation Associate in Pittsburgh
Blank Rome Welcomes Litigation Associate in Pittsburgh. -
Third Circuit: In longtime rail project suit, FERA retroactively applies to any case pending when law was passed
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appellate court unanimously ruled that an amendment to the False Claims Act which lowered the burden of proof on whistleblowers does apply retroactively, to any case pending when the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling that the amendment was designed to cover. -
Former Scranton high school baseball coach seeking judgment in due process dispute with school district
SCRANTON – A former physical education teacher and varsity baseball coach at West Scranton High School who claimed that the local school district unfairly accused him of violating a settlement reached in prior litigation for presenting awards to student athletes, is now seeking a default judgment against the district. -
Pittsburgh School District argues that summary judgment should be granted against ex-deputy superintendent
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh school system is looking for summary judgment in a suit brought against the district by its former deputy superintendent, which charged it with retaliation for firing him for allegedly for supporting a colleague’s separate discrimination suit. -
Frontier Airlines settles federal defamation case with ground contractor at Philly International Airport
PHILADELPHIA – Frontier Airlines and one of its regional managers have settled defamation claims from a lawsuit brought by a ground contractor, allegations which the plaintiff said caused her to lose out on a position with another company. -
Giant Eagle, J&J looking to send ovarian cancer talc suit to Allegheny County's complex litigation center
PITTSBURGH – Giant Eagle and Johnson & Johnson have petitioned to send a Western Pennsylvania woman’s lawsuit against them for her development of ovarian cancer, after she used its talc-based personal hygiene products for more than half of her life, to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas’s Commerce and Complex Litigation Center. -
Wildlife exhibit employee mauled by Himalayan Black Bear says facility was negligent in its protective measures
PITTSBURGH – An employee at the Nemacolin Wildlife Adventure exhibit who was mauled by a Himalayan Black Bear two years ago has filed legal action to recover damages for the litany of injuries she suffered in the bear attack. -
Sex abuse survivors see legal roads to recovery close, with Pa. Supreme Court ruling to time-bar Altoona woman's claims
HARRISBURG – The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that sexual abuse claims brought by an Altoona woman against her local Catholic Church diocese will remain time-barred, despite the issuance of a grand jury report in 2016 which confirmed a series of other abuse allegations levied against her assailant. -
Deer Lakes School District says it was justified in denying substitute teaching opportunity to man over 1965 arrest
PITTSBURGH – Deer Lakes School District contends that it did not violate the Criminal History Record Information Act when it denied a work opportunity to a substitute teacher when it was learned by the districts he had been arrested on one occasion 56 years ago. -
Philly corrections officer claims he was retaliated against for Facebook post
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia corrections officer claims 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. -
X-ray company counters claims it contributed to death of resident of Lackawanna County senior living facility
SCRANTON – A Scranton-based X-ray company denies it contributed to the untimely death of a resident in a Lackawanna County senior living facility, a charge the decedent’s estate vehemently denies.