PHILADELPHIA – A federal court ruled a closed-circuit and pay-per-view sports programming provider was entitled to collect a judgment of $2,200 against a restaurant and its owner who allegedly engaged in piracy of one of its events and did not appear or plead to defend themselves from this charge.
PHILADELPHIA – A former Lower Saucon Township Council candidate had her claim for retaliation against the community’s police department and its chief, in response to her vocal opposition of a planned landfill expansion project, was dismissed by a federal court judge on April 29.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal court judge has granted a M&T Bank’s motion to dismiss negligence claims against it, but retained charges for alleged conversion of a financial instrument and banking violations of the Pennsylvania Commercial Code (PCC).
PHILADELPHIA – Issues of a missing forklift and the scheduling availability of future depositions may require a 90-day extension of the discovery period in a case of alleged negligence filed by a former forklift operator.
A Philadelphia woman is suing the Reading Terminal Market and its owners for injuries she claims to have sustained after slipping and falling at the Center City, Philadelphia business.
A former assistant general manager for an A.C. Moore located in Berks County has accused her supervisors of spreading false rumors about her and terminating her employment not only to avoid providing coverage under the Family Medical Leave Act, but also out of retaliation for her reports of sexual harassment.
A group of Pennsylvania media outlets filed a motion with the Commonwealth Court demanding access to documents the Pennsylvania Utility Commission used during a decision-making process that resulted in a settlement with PPL Utilities for its perceived favoritism of neighborhoods serviced during a winter storm in 2011.
A Reading, Pa. man has filed a personal injury lawsuit against a Northwest Philadelphia bar, holding the establishment responsible for injuries the plaintiff allegedly suffered after getting struck over the head with a beer bottle swung by a fellow bar patron.
