A Philadelphia dental assistant has filed an assault and battery claim against a dentist who works at the same practice as the plaintiff, alleging the defendant squirted “contaminated” water from an irrigation syringe at the plaintiff during a routine procedure on a patient.
A well-respected Philadelphia law school professor will be relocating to the other side of the state after it was announced he has been tapped to lead a law university in Pittsburgh.
Two Temple University police officers are covered by qualified immunity related to their job and cannot be sued by a North Philadelphia man who alleges he spent five months incarcerated in what he claimed was a case of mistaken identity, a federal judge in Philadelphia has ruled.
A former community relations official at Temple University who alleges he was fired from his position for biased reasons has filed a federal job discrimination lawsuit against the Philadelphia-based college.
John C. Rafferty, a Republican state senator from eastern Pennsylvania, has thrown his name into the mix for those seeking to become the commonwealth’s next top law enforcement official.
A former Pennsylvania Superior Court judge who once serviced as the chancellor of the Philadelphia Bar Association has died, according to local media reports.
A Philadelphia woman who alleges she sustained bodily injuries after falling down a stairwell at Temple University’s Liacouras Center has filed a personal injury claim against the school.
A New Jersey man who, while working in Philadelphia, was accosted by two men later discovered to be plainclothes police officers has filed a federal lawsuit against the two, alleging that his civil rights were violated during his encounter with the cops.
