HARRISBURG – An Amish couple have won an appeal against the Sugar Grove Sewer Authority that will allow them to connect to the township’s sewer system in the way that is least restrictive to their religious beliefs.
PHILADELPHIA – The recent federal class action lawsuit filed against Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other laws is one of many making those claims, an attorney knowledgeable of the FCRA said during a recent interview.
PHILADELPHIA — A former carpenter for ABC Capital Investments has filed a class-action suit against the company over allegations of failure to pay proper overtime compensation and retaliation that he claims led to his termination.
HARRISBURG — A former plumber for Chemed Corporation, Roto-Rooter Group Inc., and Williamson Plumbing & Heating Inc. is suing the companies for allegations of racial discrimination.
PHILADELPHIA – If a defense counsel motion is successful, a Croydon couple’s negligence suit against a local ambulance squad will be headed to the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – A Massachusetts-based insurance company will not be reimbursed in excess of $1 million for defense and indemnification of one of its policyholders, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit upheld a ruling from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania which denied pension benefits to a deceased man’s son, who is currently incarcerated in Collegeville.
PHILADELPHIA – A judge from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas has rendered a settlement enforcement motion moot, in the case of a Philadelphia Police Department detective who claims he was retaliated against by his supervisor in violation of Pennsylvania’s Whistleblower Law.
Owners of a Philadelphia bar have been refused the ability to seek damages from their insurance provider after a business-related dispute with the establishment’s former manager.
As one attorney looks to leave a negligence action against a local restaurant, another member of defense counsel is seeking to extend deadlines associated with the case.
Following a six-week continuance, a hearing centered on a plaintiff attorney’s withdrawal from a prospective medical malpractice suit will go forward this week, according to court records.
Plaintiff counsel representing a client in a prospective medical malpractice suit pointed to reasons not able to be disclosed to the public as her rationale for withdrawing from the case’s future proceedings.
The Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania ruled on Thursday that a property-related sheriff’s sale conducted by the City Of Philadelphia to collect nearly a decade’s worth of delinquent taxes was lawful.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Family Dollar from a Chicago couple’s lawsuit against it and officers of the Philadelphia Police Department for allegedly assaulting the husband and covering it up through filing a false report.
PHILADELPHIA – On May 4, on their second attempt, the City of Philadelphia and other defendants won a motion for summary judgment against an incarcerated man who claims he was subjected to an unlawful strip search and other civil rights violations.
PHILADELPHIA – The alleged failure of a Philadelphia couple’s attorney to name the correct driver of a vehicle they claim struck them in a July 2012 car crash on I-76 West in Philadelphia has their Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas lawsuit in jeopardy.
