PHILADELPHIA – An additional defendant in a personal injury action has denied responsibility for allegations they did not protect a group of tenants from being attacked by bed bugs.
PHILADELPHIA — The federal government is suing Deborah Byrd, citing alleged breach of contract for failing to notify it of a beneficiary's death and collecting benefits.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court ruled to dismiss the case of a couple who believed a township should be sanctioned for allegedly violating federal bankruptcy code, an identical decision which had been reached from a lower court.
PHILADELPHIA — Patents related to two of the University of Pennsylvania’s Juxtapid high-cholesterol treatment methods were upheld by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board after they were challenged by hedge fund manager Kyle Bass’ Coalition for Affordable Drugs.
PHILADELPHIA – An attorney for Lord & Taylor believes allegations for recklessness and punitive damages made in a lawsuit over a sewing needle, one which one of the plaintiffs said seriously injured her, were not proven to legal sufficiency.
PHILADELPHIA – A group of Philadelphia tenants have filed legal action against their former apartment management company for negligence, in regards to allegations they did not protect them from being attacked by bed bugs.
PHILADELPHIA – The City of Philadelphia has initiated litigation against a law firm and two of its members, claiming it failed to timely pay delinquent taxes in excess of $300,000 over a period spanning from 2007 to 2015.
HARRISBURG – A negligence and wrongful death action against a Lancaster nursing care facility has been remanded to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, per a recent decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – The attorney for a Newtown Square woman who was allegedly injured when a sewing needle that she claims was left in a pair of Stuart Weitzman boots became lodged in her leg said a lawsuit filed Jan. 27 against the shoe company was filed because “the company’s representative was not responding to our requests to settle the case.”
PHILADELPHIA – A Newtown Square couple may not have found a needle in a haystack, but they allege they did find one in a shoe boutique's pair of boots last year, a needle which one of the plaintiffs said seriously injured her.
HARRISBURG – A negligence and wrongful death action against a Lancaster nursing care facility has been remanded to the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas, per a recent decision from the Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
HARRISBURG – The Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas will once again hear proceedings in a negligence and wrongful death action against a Lancaster nursing care facility, after judiciary panels in both the Superior Court and Supreme Court of Pennsylvania entered rulings on the case.
CHICAGO – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has upheld a
district court ruling that found that two former University of Pennsylvania
track and field student athletes cannot be classified as employees and entitled
to a minimum wage under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
HARRISBURG – The state Supreme Court has granted a petition for allowance to appeal in a negligence and wrongful death action against a Carlisle nursing care facility.
