The following labor-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Jan. 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court of Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Jaime Lillis against Progressions Companies Inc. and Progressions Behavioral Health Services Inc. on Jan. 3:
PHILADELPHIA – The ex-office manager for a Philadelphia doctor’s office claims she was unlawfully terminated for requesting workers’ compensation benefits in response to a workplace injury she suffered last year.
PHILADELPHIA - A Pennsylvania judge has ruled in favor of a group of health care workers seeking to file a class action lawsuit over what they say is their employer's failure to pay overtime wages.
TOPEKA, Kansas – A recent decision reached in a federal court pertaining to breach of contract and bad faith claims in a fatal auto accident case rejects a theory from the American Law Institute’s Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance, and its recommendations for insurer liability for defense counsel conduct as “premature.”
PITTSBURGH — An executor of the estate of the late Edward Rusciolelli Sr. is suing Bruno Independent Living Aids Inc. and Progressive Mobility & Medical Inc., citing alleged breach of warranty, strict product liability and negligence.
PHILADELPHIA – Litigation has been settled between a passenger injured in a collision in South Philadelphia more than three years ago and the AAA vehicle insurance company for allegedly failing to pay underinsured motorist (UIM) benefits.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff who says she suffered spinal injuries and whose left foot was allegedly crushed by a toppled box of picnic table umbrellas has sued the Philadelphia grocery where the accident took place.
PHILADELPHIA – A man who suffered spinal injuries in an accident in New Jersey believes his insurance provider has failed to provide him with $30,000 of necessary benefits to which he is entitled.
PHILADELPHIA – A Grays Ferry Baptist church believes its neighbor has built an encroachment on its property in Southwest Philadelphia and is suing to have the offending structure removed.
PHILADELPHIA – A New York City credit firm has sued a Churchville taxi cab company, believing it breached a contract in which they were obligated to pay in excess of a half-million dollars to the plaintiff.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff filed a lawsuit against Progressive Insurance and one of its employees for breach of contract and bad faith, among other charges, after allegedly receiving a lowball offer of underinsured motorist benefits.
PHILADELPHIA – Progressive Insurance recently initiated a lawsuit against a driver it believes caused an accident which damaged a vehicle owned by one of its insured policyholders.
PHILADELPHIA – A prominent insurance provider has brought legal action against a local motorist it believes was liable for vehicular damages sustained by one of its policyholders.
PHILADELPHIA — Three current staff members are suing Progressions Behavioral Health Services Inc., alleging unpaid wages and Workers' Compensation violations.
