PHILADELPHIA – A New Jersey train engineer alleges Amtrak violated federal laws by not providing him with a safe work environment when he suffered debilitating injuries in an accident sustained in the course of his employment.
ERIE — A lawsuit brought by a Houston energy marketer against Shawna Simcic alleging Simcic took proprietary information on the eve of her resignation to join a competitor was dismissed.
PHILADELPHIA — The Pennsylvania Superior Court on April 3 upheld a lower court’s judgment in a licensing agreement dispute between a pharmaceutical company and the creators of a drug technology.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. government is responsible for half the cost of an $8 million settlement in a birth injury lawsuit involving Temple University Hospital, says a federal judge.
PHILADELPHIA – A pharmaceutical company has asked a federal court here to consider whether the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) can initiate legal action with it over a pair of prior patent-case settlements it made.
TRENTON, N.J. – A New Jersey Supreme Court decision reported to extend company responsibility for employees exposed to potentially hazardous material to include their housemates is more subtle than has been widely reported, an insurance attorney says.
Act 12, a new Pennsylvania law that takes effect June 13, will make it easier and more attractive for investor-owned utility companies to buy water and sewer facilities from municipalities while also protecting the public from large increases in their water rates.
PHILADELPHIA – The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted a mortgage fund summary judgment in a foreclosure action on Tuesday, due to claim preclusion under the Rooker-Feldman doctrine.
PHILADELPHIA — A former employee is suing Swarovski North America Ltd. and Swarovski Retail Ventures Ltd., a crystal giftware manufacturer, citing alleged retaliation and sex discrimination.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh dentist is suing a dental practice, alleging it is refusing to remove her name from its sign, despite terminating her more than four months ago.
A Pennsylvania federal court has denied a motion from a Greek trading corporation to transfer a maritime negligence damages case filed against it to New Jersey federal court.
A federal court decided on June 18 that a contractual lawsuit against American Airlines will not be returning to its point of origin in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – On April 14, Comcast Corp. settled a class action lawsuit alleging the cable giant violated the Fair Labor Standards Act when it failed to pay overtime wages to a large number of employees at its Horsham location.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia couple have filed suit against a Netherlands-based shipping company they say was negligent in securing a steel ladder on one of its vessels, which allegedly caused the husband to fall and suffer permanent injuries to his chest and spine in the course of his work duties.
The former president of a Pennsylvania-based construction firm has been sentenced for his role in a massive, 15-year scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of Transportation out of more than $136 million in state contracts that were intended to benefit firms managed by disadvantaged individuals.
