The Law Offices of Joel Sansone
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Former high school football coach settles defamation claims against Pine-Richland School District
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man who served as a high school football head coach for eight years has settled allegations that he was defamed by school district officials with false claims that he permitted hazing and bullying in the football program. -
Former high school football coach stands by defamation claims against Pine-Richland School District
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man who served as a high school football head coach for eight years stands by assertions that he was defamed by school district officials with false claims that he permitted hazing and bullying in the football program. -
Pine-Richland School District says there is no truth to defamation claims from former high school football coach
PITTSBURGH – Pine-Richland School District and three of its officials deny that they defamed its now former high school football head coach with false claims that he condoned hazing and bullying in the school’s football program. -
Ex-high school football head coach alleges he lost job over claims he permitted hazing
PITTSBURGH – An Allegheny County man who served as a high school football head coach for eight years alleges that his contract was not renewed and that he was then defamed by District officials with false claims that he permitted hazing and bullying in the football program. -
Federal judge throws out school committee's suit, which claimed board closed and merged schools without public input
PITTSBURGH – A school committee has lost its lawsuit seeking to prevent the closure of its town’s high school and consolidation with a nearby high school, which claimed that the latter community’s board of education began the closure and merger processes before seeking proper public input under the law. -
Blairsville-Saltsburg School District seeking to dismiss lawsuit over school closure and subsequent merger
PITTSBURGH – Litigation which claims that the Blairsville-Saltsburg School District failed to follow proper protocols before unilaterally deciding to close one of its high schools and merge its students with another, is now facing a motion to dismiss from the district. -
Saltsburg school committee says high school closure and merger was initiated without its input
PITTSBURGH – A school committee has filed suit seeking to prevent the closure of its town’s high school and consolidation with a nearby high school, claiming that the latter community’s board of education began the closure and merger processes before seeking proper public input under the law. -
Lawsuit follows criminal charges against Connellsville school officer who allegedly attacked student
A Fayette County woman sued two Connellsville Area School District school resource officers in federal court after the officers allegedly attacked her minor son. -
Scott Township update: Town says discrimination charges from company have not been adequately pled
PITTSBURGH – Counsel for Scott Township and one of its commissioners say that claims from a Western Pennsylvania real estate company, its owner and his sister-in-law in a disability discrimination lawsuit filed against them have not been pled satisfactorily for the case to proceed. -
Trafford Borough police retaliation update: Defendants assert immunity and say they didn't violate law
PITTSBURGH – Trafford Borough police authorities have attempted to counter claims from a couple who lodged various counts against them, describing the officers allegedly abusing their authority in order to retaliate against them. -
Lawsuit says multi-racial children were discriminated against at Butler Wesleyan Academy
PITTSBURGH – The mother of two minor daughters who attended a Christian academy in Western Pennsylvania has leveled charges that her children were subjected to racist and discriminatory treatment based upon their multi-racial heritage. -
Ex-deputy superintendent says Pittsburgh school district didn't re-hire him for supporting colleague's discrimination case
PITTSBURGH – The former deputy superintendent of the Pittsburgh school system has filed suit against the district, charging it with retaliation for firing him, allegedly for supporting a colleague’s separate discrimination suit. -
Fired Allegheny Co. worker accuses GNC Holdings of age discrimination
PITTSBURGH — A 54-year-old Allegheny County resident is suing GNC Holdings Inc., a health and wellness product company, citing alleged age discrimination and violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act. -
Rental property owner claims unlawful search and seizure by police
ERIE — A Beaver County resident is suing police officers, citing unlawful search and seizure. -
Female electrician alleges sexual harassment at Amtrak
PITTSBURGH — An Allegheny County woman is suing her former employer, a national railroad provider operating in Pennsylvania, charging gender and retaliatory discrimination along with sexual harassment in the workplace up to and including 2014.