WILLIAMSPORT – Two Pennsylvania health care providers face a False Claims Act lawsuit from a doctor who claims there is a conflict of interest between them in violation of rules for receiving grants.
HARRISBURG – A Montrose grocery store and other entities have seen their granting of summary judgment in an icy slip-and-fall case affirmed by a Pennsylvania appellate court.
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania Superior Court has dismissed a patient's appeal in a violation of privacy claim against a registered nurse and UPMC Susquehanna.
HARRISBURG — The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania ruled that the rule of capture applies in hydraulic fracturing in the state, but did not answer the question as to whether subsurface fractures across property lines constitute trespass.
The following cases categorized as "civil - real property - quiet title" were on the docket in the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas on Dec. 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
SCRANTON – A federal judge has dismissed a portion of a Wapwallopen man's lawsuit against Talen Energy Corp. and Susquehanna Nuclear who he claims fired him after he failed a drug and alcohol screening that then prevented him from getting a job elsewhere.
The Delaware County Court of Common Pleas reported the following activities in the suit brought by 221 Properties, LLC against Aston Township, Blue Ball National Bank / Susquehanna Bank C / O BB & T Bank, Delaware County Department of Probation, First Allegiance Financial, Gregory Manko, Robert Smith, Southwest Delaware County Municipal Authority and United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on Dec. 3.
Multiple environment organizations who filed similar lawsuits against an energy company had their complaints consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on July 31.
SCRANTON – A Florida woman alleges a tree stump at a Susquehanna County golf course that she struck while operating a golf cart was hidden by overgrown vegetation.
The following labor-related cases were on the docket in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on May 3. All case details are allegations only and should not be taken as fact:
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania reported the following activities in the suit brought by Christina Mary Reynolds against Doe Defendants 1-10 on May 3.
SCRANTON – A Wapwallopen man is suing his former employer alleging that he was terminated after failing a drug and alcohol screening that then prevented him from getting a job elsewhere.
Cozen O'Connor Construction Law Practice Chair Bruce W. Ficken has been selected as a Philadelphia Inquirer 2019 Influencers of Law Award Winner in the category of Business Litigation. Ficken was selected by a panel of experts based on accomplishments in his practice area, his business impact, and his civic and community service.
On Jan. 25, a bank defendant asked the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania to grant its motion to dismiss a lawsuit against it amid allegations it broke a loan agreement.
On Sept. 21, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed a trial court’s ruling that granted the County of Lycoming and the City of Williamsport summary judgments after a husband and wife who sued the city and county failed to prove the local agencies were exempt from governmental immunity.
The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) has partnered with “The Rest of PA,” a consortia of local tourism entities and Bass Pro Shops in Harrisburg to sponsor a giveaway that includes a two-day getaway package and an Ascend 10T Sit-on-Top lime green fishing kayak.
