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Climate change activists say City of Harrisburg's permit process violates their constitutional rights
HARRISBURG – A coalition group of climate change activists wanting to participate in a mid-June rally in Harrisburg has sued the City, claiming it violated their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights by forcing them to navigate an unduly burdensome and expensive permit process. -
Lawyers suing Sherwin-Williams punished for revealing trade secrets
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has sanctioned plaintiff counsel in an Easton couple’s product liability case against the Sherwin-Williams paint company, finding that said counsel was responsible for the dissemination of the company’s confidential trade secrets in filings associated with the case. -
Hurricane Preparedness Week: Great Time To Get Ready For Storms, Says Attorney General Jeff Landry
Hurricane Preparedness Week: Great Time To Get Ready For Storms, Says Attorney General Jeff Landry. -
Ag Shapiro Leads Coalition Seeking Relief for Student Loan Borrowers
Ag Shapiro Leads Coalition Seeking Relief for Student Loan Borrowers. -
Worker alleges hydraulic machine caused fracture of spine
PITTSBURGH — A worker at an American Airlines facility located at the Pittsburgh International Airport alleges a defective hydraulic machine caused his spine fracture. -
Due to lack of contract, PPE provider says suit over kiboshed $2 million deal can't be dismissed
PHILADELPHIA – A retailer of personal protective equipment who alleged it was fraudulently induced to spend nearly $2 million in ordering a purchase of more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits, yet never received them, now adds the lack of a valid contract can’t be used as a rationale for dismissal by the defendants. -
Wilkes-Barre denies that negligence from police officers chasing suspect caused plaintiff's injuries
SCRANTON – The City of Wilkes-Barre and its police officers have denied liability for injuries suffered by a woman when, as a pedestrian crossing the street in that city, she was struck by a car driven by a suspect who was fleeing arrest from officers of the Wilkes-Barre Police Department. -
Planning and architecture firm denies overbilling Cheltenham Township in the six figures
NORRISTOWN – A planning, engineering and architecture firm has denied allegations made by Cheltenham Township that it overbilled the municipality by hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Montgomery County court. -
U.S. Supreme Court will review Pa.'s consent-by-jurisdiction statute in toxic exposure case
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Supreme Court will now consider whether or not it is constitutional for out-of-state companies to accept jurisdiction under Pennsylvania law as a mandate for doing business in the Commonwealth, an outcome sure to have tremendous ramifications on litigation both statewide and nationwide. -
Lawsuits against The Gap over arrests of Black women for shoplifting consolidated
HARRISBURG – The Gap has won consolidation of separate lawsuits concerning the same incident, where several Derry Township police officers allegedly committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime. -
Pittsburgh School District defends firing of teacher who allegedly made racist Facebook post
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh School District and its entire Board of Education have defended the firing of a former veteran teacher, arguing that her posting of a right-wing article on her personal Facebook page accompanied by racist language was an offense punishable by termination. -
Comic creators with class action fraud case say federal jurisdiction is proper
HARRISBURG – More than three dozen comic creators have countered a Pennsylvania publisher’s dismissal motion towards their class action claims, suggesting that jurisdiction is correct on the federal court level given the large amount in collective damages they are seeking. -
Judge grants partial stay to officers in civil case from man arguing he was wrongly convicted of murder
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. -
Parents of 13-year-old boy who drowned at Folcroft Swim Club contend insurer should provide coverage
MEDIA – After the parents of a 13-year-old child who drowned at Folcroft Swim Club more than two years ago filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the facility, they add that, in separate-but-related litigation brought by the facility’s insurance carrier, the insurer has a responsibility to provide coverage in this matter. -
Arbitration award reached in Philly couple's suit against Bensalem fitness facility
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation between a Philadelphia couple and a Bensalem fitness facility, which claimed that the gym was negligent in maintaining the safety of its treadmill machines and as a result the wife-plaintiff fell and suffered severe injuries, has resulted in an arbitration award. -
Parties contesting motion for judgment, in legal malpractice case linked to $1 million bankruptcy action
PITTSBURGH – Parties involved in litigation connected to allegedly inadequate representation of a Pennsylvania contractor, one who lost $1 million in an underlying bankruptcy action, are continuing to contest a motion for judgment on the pleadings to potentially decide the case. -
Judge denies motion for judgment on pleadings, in defamation case involving Eddystone pols
MEDIA – A state court judge has denied a motion for judgment on the pleadings and/or dismissal, in a case from a former member of the Borough of Eddystone’s Civil Service Commission who claimed he was removed from that post and defamed during a council meeting by the mayor and a councilperson regarding his alleged criminal record, which he stated does not exist. -
Black-owned EMS company withdraws case alleging racial conspiracy led to loss of contract with Veterans Affairs
HARRISBURG – A Black-owned EMS ambulance company in Western Pennsylvania has voluntarily dismissed its own litigation against a host of medical professionals and health care companies, which alleged it faced a conspiracy of racial discrimination on the part of the defendants. -
Bar owner denies she overserved defendant who caused a crash that killed 23-year-old
PITTSBURGH – A proprietor defendant named under Dram Shop liability, in a wrongful death case surrounding a drunk driving accident which killed the plaintiff’s 23-year-old daughter, denies that she overserved the intoxicated driver with alcohol her prior to the crash. -
Munhall man reiterates claims of being burned in an infrared sauna therapy booth
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania man stands by allegations that he suffered severe burns on the tops of his feet, after a session in an infrared sauna therapy booth in a Pittsburgh business.