PITTSBURGH – A 14-year-old African-American and special needs student at Ambridge High School claims he was kicked off the football team for participating in an angry exchange with a teammate who had bullied him on Snapchat, and the other student was not disciplined because he was Caucasian.
PHILADELPHIA – A class action lawsuit against a New Jersey food distributor over the allegedly deceptive characterization of its vanilla-flavored almond milk has been discontinued.
PHILADELPHIA – A New York fashion rental company’s lawsuit against Urban Outfitters, which alleged that the latter business ended merger talks and stole the plaintiff’s proprietary concept for a women’s clothing rental business for itself, has survived a motion to dismiss from the national clothier.
PHILADELPHIA – Expert testimony in a six-figure financial dispute between collectors of rare “Magic: The Gathering” playing cards is at odds, with a recent filing from a plaintiff’s expert appraisers suggesting that breach of contract damages in the action come to just shy of $500,000.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 6. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Ilene Hill against Jeffrey Price on May 6.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia attorney alleges that improper conduct on the part of Pierce Bainbridge founder John M. Pierce, in the form of threatening an unauthorized legal malpractice suit, was done in an attempt to notch a dismissal in a fee-sharing dispute matter.
With the deadline for filing federal individual income tax returns having been extended to May 17th, 2021, and taxpayers now preparing to file their tax returns, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, and the Philadelphia Field Office, IRS Criminal Investigation Division, jointly announced a warning to those who are thinking about breaking the law by committing tax crimes.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia woman has filed a class action lawsuit against food distributor over the allegedly deceptive characterization of its vanilla-flavored almond milk.
HARRISBURG – The Superior Court of Pennsylvania concurred with a Berks County court that Comcast properly survived a breach of contract and fraud case, brought against it by one of its customers.
PITTSBURGH – A state court judge has overruled preliminary objections from two Pennsylvania school districts, who contended they were only following state law when they denied a work opportunity to a substitute teacher when it was learned by the districts he had been arrested on one occasion 55 years ago.
Two lifelong friends are now locked in a civil lawsuit because one says the other punched him in the shoulder too hard, according to documents filed in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 4. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Etta Price against Merck & Co. Inc. and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. on Feb. 20: 'Complaint Against Merk & Co., Inc. And Merck Sharp & Dohme, Corp. ( Filing And Admin Fee $ 402 Receipt Number Anjdc-12158233) With Jury Demand, Filed By Etta Price. (attachments: # 1 Civil Cover Sheet, # 2 Summons)(greenwell, Robert) [transferred From New Jersey On 3/4/2021.]'.
The following cases categorized as "personal injury" were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Feb. 20. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Etta Price against Merck & Co. Inc. and Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp. on Feb. 23: 'Summons Issued As To Merck & Co., Inc, Merck Sharp & Dohme Corp.. Attached Is The Official Court Summons, Please Fill Out Defendant And Plaintiffs Attorney Information And Serve. (jb, ) [transferred From New Jersey On 3/4/2021.]'.
