PITTSBURGH — An employer is suing the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, citing alleged breach of contract.
Several preliminary objection motions in a car accident lawsuit, in addition to one for extraordinary relief, will now be decided in a rescheduled hearing set for July in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
The Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas judge earlier this year awarded plaintiff Tamika Ortiz $39,000 in a lawsuit brought against Giant Food Stores, which was far less than the $65,000 her lawyers originally were seeking in the slip-and-fall case.
PHILADELPHIA – Counsel for a plaintiff severely injured in an alcohol-induced motor vehicle accident is exiting the litigation, due to an impasse between said counsel and the plaintiff in question.
PHILADELPHIA – A long series of preliminary objections and a motion for extraordinary relief are being considered in an injury lawsuit connected to a motor vehicle accident that took place last July on a New Jersey highway.
PHILADELPHIA – A Pennsylvania plaintiff’s complaint against New Jersey Transit and one of its bus drivers was recently dismissed without prejudice from the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, in order to allow future re-filing in a more “appropriate forum.”
HARRISBURG – A company in Montoursville is being sued over a claim that it did not contribute to its employees’ union retirement and health trust fund.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia judge has dismissed the first Paxil lawsuit against GlaxoSmithKline to go to trial in Philadelphia after determining the plaintiffs' evidence would lead to a guessing game by the jury.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal judge ruled a former Bethel Township police officer’s claims of wrongful termination without due process under the Police Tenure Act (PTA) and the Fourteenth Amendment would proceed, while other claims against the township, its police chief and five supervisors were defeated by summary judgment.
PHILADELPHIA – A lawsuit related to a fatal tractor-trailer collision has been transferred to the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, who will decide the fate of other preliminary objections tied to the case.
PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia defendant who is the subject of a credit card balance is seeking exemption from garnishment of wages, executed to recover the entirety of that balance.
HARRISBURG – Last Friday, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania reversed a trial court decision from the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, in remanding for further proceedings a disability pension case involving a former police officer from Lower Salford Township.
PHILADELPHIA – A federal appeals court has thrown out a motion to dismiss in a potential class action lawsuit involving a Brooklyn physician and the Swiftwater-based vaccination division of the Sanofi pharmaceutical company.
PHILADELPHIA – A wholesale car business has filed suit in federal court against an auto marketing group, claiming they unjustly acquired and used the positive feedback associated with an eBay Motors account to further their own professional reputation.
PHILADELPHIA – A former member of defense counsel in a negligence lawsuit sought dismissal of the litigation or alternatively, its transfer to the Delaware County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – Attorneys for New Jersey Transit and one of its bus drivers believe a motor vehicle accident case should be heard in a New Jersey Superior Court, and not the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas.
PHILADELPHIA – A former Major League Baseball pitcher who sued his financial advisors for allegedly making fraudulent investments and lost motions on his case in federal court, has had those dismissals upheld.
PHILADELPHIA – Per the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, the arbitration results surrounding the song catalog of two late Philadelphia musicians will not be vacated.
PHILADELPHIA – An injured pedestrian who filed suit against the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA), PECO Energy Company and the City of Philadelphia will be required to seek new counsel.
