PITTSBURGH – Allegheny County insists that it did not violate its own Home Rule Charter and Administrative Code and that it is immune from a count of negligent infliction of emotional distress, in a lawsuit over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate allegedly violating a plaintiff’s religious objections.
Melanie J. Foreman, shareholder in the Philadelphia office of Marshall Dennehey, has been elected President of the Temple American Inn of Court, a legal association devoted to excellence in professionalism, ethics, civility and legal skills. Previously, she served as Vice President, and before that, Treasurer of the association.
PHILADELPHIA – The family of slain Temple University Police Officer Christopher Fitzgerald has filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit against his alleged, teenaged murderer Miles Pfeffer, Pfeffer’s parents and his mother’s longtime boyfriend, charging that they knew of the alleged killer’s mental instability and violent tendencies, and did not prevent him from committing Fitzgerald’s murder.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man maintains he was the victim of excessive force from a member of the Philadelphia Police Department two years ago, when an officer shot him three times during his suffering of a mental health episode.
PHILADELPHIA – A local man alleges he was the victim of excessive force from a member of the Philadelphia Police Department two years ago, when an officer shot him three times during his suffering of a mental health episode.
In recognition of her career-long dedication to mentoring and the advancement of women in the legal profession and beyond, the Philadelphia Bar Association will honor Fox Rothschild partner Marilou E. Watson with its prestigious Sandra Day O’Connor Award.
ERIE – A federal magistrate judge will allow the testimony of a physical rehabilitative specialist as to the alleged depression and anxiety felt by a plaintiff subsequent to being run over by a tractor-trailer.
PITTSBURGH – Dollar Tree denied the allegations of a Pittsburgh woman claiming that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased at one of its stores.
PITTSBURGH – Dollar Tree has removed litigation from a Pittsburgh woman claiming that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased there, to a Pennsylvania federal court.
PITTSBURGH – A Pittsburgh woman alleges that her special needs daughter was disfigured on the back of her head by an elastic headband she had purchased for use at a local Dollar Tree store.
WASHINGTON – The Federal Trade Commission has announced a new initiative to penalize for-profit colleges and universities for making misleading claims about their graduates’ job placement and earning prospects with sizable sanctions - leading to concerns from the industry that no actual findings of wrongdoing have been alleged.
Timothy W. Callahan, II, General Counsel of the Firm, and a Partner in the Litigation Department, has been appointed Chairman of the Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (PLM) Board of Directors.
