PITTSBURGH – An Altoona couple alleges that doctors at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center failed to follow up on the wife-plaintiff’s initial diagnosis of adenopathy, which she says led her to develop late-stage thyroid cancer.
HARRISBURG – Dollar Tree is seeking the plaintiffs’ medical records in litigation from a Harrisburg woman who claimed that her 13-year-old son was racially targeted by management at a local branch and falsely accused of shoplifting, nearly being arrested by police who responded to the scene.
HARRISBURG – The Gap is looking to dismiss consolidated litigation alleging several Derry Township police officers committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
NORRISTOWN – A planning, engineering and architecture firm has denied allegations made by Cheltenham Township that it overbilled the municipality by hundreds of thousands of dollars in a Montgomery County court.
HARRISBURG – The Gap has won consolidation of separate lawsuits concerning the same incident, where several Derry Township police officers allegedly committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
HARRISBURG – The Gap is looking to consolidate separate lawsuits concerning the same incident, where several Derry Township police officers allegedly committed wrongful arrest and process by profiling and taking into custody Black women shopping at the store for supposed theft, before later releasing them when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
HARRISBURG – Derry Township and several of its police officers deny charges of wrongful arrest and process levied against them by two Black women from Harrisburg, who alleged they were profiled by the defendants at a local outlet store, accused of retail theft and arrested, before later being released when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
HARRISBURG – Dollar Tree has argued against potential liability in litigation from a Harrisburg woman who claimed that her 13-year-old son was racially targeted by management at a local branch and falsely accused of shoplifting, nearly being arrested by police who responded to the scene.
HARRISBURG – A Title II public accommodation claim has been dismissed from a lawsuit alleging that the plaintiff’s 13-year-old son was racially targeted by management at a local Dollar Store and falsely accused of shoplifting, nearly being arrested by police who responded to the scene.
HARRISBURG – Two Black women from Harrisburg say they were profiled by members of the Derry Township Police Department at a local outlet store, accused of retail theft and arrested, before later being released when it was learned that they had in fact committed no crime.
HARRISBURG – Attorneys for Dollar Store argue that claims of racial discrimination levied against the retail chain after a 13 year-old child was falsely accused of shoplifting do not hold water, since it feels the store does not qualify as a place of “public accommodation” under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.
HARRISBURG – Four plaintiffs who claimed they suffered permanent cardiac damage as a result of eating Hershey-brand black licorice candy, stand by their claims and have refuted the company’s attempt to dismiss the case.
HARRISBURG – A Harrisburg woman claims that her 13 year-old son was racially targeted by management at a local Dollar Store and falsely accused of shoplifting, nearly being arrested by police who responded to the scene.
HARRISBURG – The Hershey Company has countered claims from four plaintiffs ranging from middle-aged to senior citizens who alleged they suffered permanent cardiac damage as a result of eating its black licorice candy, with arguments explaining the relief they request is pre-empted by federal law.
HARRISBURG – Litigation brought by a Hershey woman alleging that her comments to the Derry Township School Board on the relative dearth of mental health services provided to students there led to the District retaliating against her, has been stayed.
