PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge has denied a family allegedly and wrongfully ejected from a Kutztown property a motion to reconsider the order which allowed for that same ejection to take place.
HARRISBURG – A school district, which appealed of an appeal board decision regarding the charter status of a Reading school, has obtained a victory in court.
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by A&H Sportswear Co. Inc. and Global Trademarks Inc. against Luo Qi Yuan on March 18:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activity in the suit brought by Hamilton Equipment Inc. against Danuser Machine Company Inc. on Jan. 31.
The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Arvco Container Corporation of Kalamazoo, Michigan has agreed to pay the United States $400,000 to settle False Claims Act allegations in connection with a contract with the Defense Logistics Agency Acquisition Operations (DLA) in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA — An Italian Garden Bar security agent is suing Reading Police Department and Det. Joseph Snell, citing alleged malicious prosecution/wrongful imprisonment/false arrest and violation of due process.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit filed by a man who suffered blisters and rashes allegedly as a result of chemical exposure at a manufacturing plant has been transferred to the Berks County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – The spouse of a Berks County woman who died from complications related to beryllium disease is suing the manufacturing entities supposedly responsible for her chemical exposure, while one of them, a Japanese corporation, maintains it is not subject to legal jurisdiction in Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – Parties on opposite sides of a case involving a plaintiff claiming to have lost his right leg in an accident at a Berks County scrap metal plant are arguing over the proper venue for the case.
PHILADELPHIA – A Berks County man who suffered blisters and rashes allegedly as a result of chemical exposure at a manufacturing plant has sued the company for not inspecting its own corporate premises or protecting him from the exposure.
PHILADELPHIA — A practice administrator is suing Reading Pediatrics Inc., a professional corporation, citing alleged age discrimination and wrongful termination.
SCRANTON — A federal judge is mulling a Reading bank's request to dismiss an Auburn couple's lawsuit that claims Santander Bank failed to mark their paid loans as satisfied.
PHILADELPHIA – Seventeen Pennsylvania plaintiffs have sued Bristol Myers-Squibb and Otsuka Pharmaceutical over anti-psychotic prescription medication Abilify, claiming that taking the drug caused them to develop compulsive behaviors such as addictions to gambling, shopping, binge eating and sex.
PHILADELPHIA – A Reading couple who sued both a local merchant and the manufacturer of a gas-powered stove after the husband-plaintiff was severely burned and injured by that same stove when it exploded, received more than $9.3 million in damages earlier this year.
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has thrown out a motion from a Louisiana man seeking $1.5 million in damages from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, the Berks County Court of Common Pleas Clerk, the Bossier City, La. Police Department for allegedly violating his rights U.S. Constitution through incarcerating him based upon forged documents.
PHILADELPHIA — A sales director is suing Reading Electric Renewables LLC, which does business as RER Energy Group, and Sunvestment Energy Group,citing alleged disability discrimination, retaliation and wrongful termination.