PITTSBURGH – A local woman alleges that a restaurant was negligent in placing a wire bread rack on its premises, causing her to trip and fall during a visit to that same restaurant nearly a year and a half ago.
PHILADELPHIA – In litigation where defendants were accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits or a refund to a retailer who paid it nearly $2 million, third-party defendants named in a later version of the complaint have lost their attempt to be dismissed from it.
PITTSBURGH – A Western Pennsylvania woman who claimed that Wayfair violated the Anti-Tying Rule by stating that its warranties on its goods will be void if consumers use third-party repair services to service the items they purchased from it, has subsequently discontinued her case.
PITTSBURGH – Trinity Area School District is seeking more definitive statements in litigation brought by a 16-year-old student and girls basketball player at Trinity High School, who alleged she was subject to retaliation after reporting allegations of a sexual assault committed against another student by a member of the boys’ basketball team.
PITTSBURGH – Clairton City School District has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by a former administrative employee alleging that she faced racial discrimination in her time working there, finding that the plaintiff’s claims were untimely filed.
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.
PITTSBURGH – Clairton City School District has re-argued that a lawsuit filed by a former administrative employee alleging that she faced racial discrimination in her time working there, failed to state claims upon which relief could be granted and did not show that the plaintiff is entitled to punitive damages.
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.
PHILADELPHIA — A Renewable Stock Energy stockholder alleges the company's board failed to disclose proper information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regarding its merger with Chevron.
PITTSBURGH – A 16-year-old student and girls’ basketball player at Trinity High School contends she was the target of retaliation from school district officials, after she reported allegations of a sexual assault committed against another student by a member of the boys’ basketball team.
PITTSBURGH – Clairton City School District argues that a lawsuit filed by a former administrative employee alleging that she faced racial discrimination in her time working there, has failed to state claims upon which relief could be granted and did not show that the plaintiff is entitled to punitive damages.
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania man and Spirit Airlines stockholder has launched litigation against the CEO and Board of Directors of the airline company, alleging that in its proposed merger with Frontier Airlines, the defendants failed to disclose proper information of the transaction and violated the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
PHILADELPHIA – Defendants accused of not providing more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits to a retailer who paid them nearly $2 million or alternatively, a refund, have argued the plaintiff’s claims should be dismissed for improper venue and for violating their mutual agreement’s forum selection clause.
PITTSBURGH – A 14-year-old African-American and special needs student at Ambridge High School, who claimed he was kicked off the football team for participating in an angry exchange with a teammate who had bullied him on Snapchat, has settled with the school district.
PHILADELPHIA – A retailer of personal protective equipment alleges it was fraudulently induced to spend nearly $2 million in ordering a purchase of more than 151,000 COVID-19 test kits, but says it never received the kits or a refund.
PITTSBURGH – A father who was banned from attending all school events by the Jefferson-Morgan School District due to alleged bullying, physical aggression and use of profanity and claimed he was defamed by the District, has settled his claims.
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County art teacher alleges that she was transferred from teaching at the middle school level to the elementary school level as a result of age-related discrimination, in violation of federal law.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has permitted a plaintiff alleging that she was sexually abused as a middle school student by an assistant high school baseball coach, to proceed under a pseudonym.
