PITTSBURGH – A federal judge has remanded litigation brought by a senior citizen to state court, a case which alleges the bank failed to protect her and her sizable accounts from fraud and resulted in her losing millions of dollars to con artists.
HARRISBURG – A panel trio of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania upheld the trial court denial of summary judgment to Home Depot, in a case where an employee was bitten by a dog brought into a store by a customer.
JOHNSTOWN – An Altoona couple claim a device created to assist babies in sleeping instead caused the death of their three-month-old son from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome due to the product’s inherent defects.
MEDIA – A Dominican Republic resort argues that a Delaware couple’s injury lawsuit against it should be dismissed without prejudice on jurisdictional grounds, since the alleged events in question took place in that Caribbean country and not Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – A group of Bucks County parents to children with disabilities have brought a federal court lawsuit to ensure that the Central Bucks School District provides reasonable accommodations to disabled students by implementing a COVID-19 health and safety plan aligned with current federal, state and local guidance.
PITTSBURGH — A bicyclist who suffered severe injuries on a bike path in Pittsburgh after hitting a chain that had been laid on the road in between two concrete barriers is claiming negligence. Thomas H.
PHILADELPHIA – A plaintiff allegedly injured on the sidewalk outside a Bucks County Costco store has reached a mutual confidentiality agreement with the bulk retailer concerning sensitive matter to be revealed during the case, including a pertinent report of the subject and subsequent depositions.
PITTSBURGH – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs denies liability for allegations made by a Navy veteran, who claimed that substandard care he received at his local Veterans Affairs hospital resulted in his suffering permanent vision loss and damage.
ALLENTOWN – The brother of an Italian woman who died after falling down the stairs of a house rented through Airbnb, has reached a preliminary settlement for wrongful death claims with the property owner for $435,000.
PHILADELPHIA – The Haverford Area School District answers that a failure to exhaust administrative remedies and abide by the statute of limitations should bar litigation from a former student who was attacked by a classmate in his special academic program.
Blank Rome partner Sophia Lee and associates Asima J. Ahmad and Huaou Yan will be panelists for the Pennsylvania Bar Institute's Artificial Intelligence—Coming to a Law Firm or Business Near You 2021 webinar, being held Tuesday, July 20, 2021, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:15 p.m. EDT.
SCRANTON – Litigation filed in a Lackawanna County court alleges that a local woman developed glaucoma, corneal ulcers and other ocular conditions due to professional negligence on the part of her ophthalmologist, after undergoing Lasik eye surgery.
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for a Pittsburgh bank has removed litigation brought by a senior citizen to federal court, a case which alleges the bank failed to protect her and her sizable accounts from fraud and resulted in her losing millions of dollars to con artists.
MEDIA – A Delaware couple have brought legal action against the Secrets Punta Cana resort and its locally-based holding companies in Delaware County, after the husband-plaintiff suffered broken ribs and spinal injuries in a fall sustained at the Dominican Republic resort two years ago.