CAMDEN, N.J. – A federal judge recently rejected an attempt from Starbucks’ to dismiss a discrimination lawsuit brought by one of its former store managers, concluding that a jury may find that white employees of the coffee giant were treated unfairly due to their race.
PHILADELPHIA – Marina District Development Company argues that a woman who slipped on the floor of the Borgata casino in Atlantic City, N.J. contributed to her injuries through her own negligence.
PHILADELPHIA – A local woman’s negligence lawsuit brought after she slipped on the floor of the MGM Borgata’s Buffet in Atlantic City, New Jersey will remain in a Philadelphia federal court, after the defense’s attempt to dismiss it for improper venue was rejected by a judge.
CAMDEN, N.J. (Legal Newsline) - A Pennsylvania lawyer is accused of botching his client's car-wreck case and lying about being able to practice law in New Jersey.
CAMDEN, N.J. – Starbucks seeks summary judgment to dismiss a discrimination suit filed by a former regional director for the coffee company, saying it would have taken the same terminating actions against the plaintiff’s employment regardless of the suit’s events at issue.
PHILADELPHIA – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia has won dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an Arizona man for sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a local priest when he was a boy, with a federal judge concluding that Pennsylvania’s two-year statute of limitations stopped the case from proceeding.
PHILADELPHIA – Starbucks continues to oppose a discrimination suit filed by a former regional director for the coffee company, saying it would have taken the same terminating actions against the plaintiff’s employment regardless of the suit’s events at issue.
PHILADELPHIA – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit filed by an Arizona man for sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest when he was a boy, saying that the statute of limitations and the doctrine of res judicata should preclude the case from proceeding.
SCRANTON – Negligence litigation between the estate of a New Jersey man who suffered a fatal fall from a chairlift and Blue Mountain Resort in Palmerton was recently settled.
SCRANTON – Blue Mountain Resort has denied allegations it was responsible for the death of a man who suffered a fatal fall from a chairlift and says the decedent’s estate has not stated a claim upon which relief could or should be granted.
PHILADELPHIA – The Archdiocese of Philadelphia is seeking judgment in its favor from a Pennsylvania federal court, in response to a lawsuit filed by an Arizona man for sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest when he was a boy.
SCRANTON – The case brought by the estate of a man who suffered a fatal fall from a chairlift at the Blue Mountain Resort has been transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA – An Arizona man pursuing legal action against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for sexual abuse he suffered at the hands of a priest when he was a boy growing up in Pennsylvania, has had his case transferred to a federal court here.
PHILADELPHIA – A New Mexico mineral company is seeking confirmation of a multimillion-dollar arbitration award against a Pennsylvania investment group owned by a woman arrested by the FBI and charged with running a Ponzi scheme.
PHILADELPHIA – After an order issued from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, a controversial discrimination case filed against Starbucks by a former regional director will now be overseen by a Philadelphia judge from the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
TRENTON, N.J. – Starbucks says the employment discrimination action filed by a former regional director for the company in a New Jersey federal court is baseless – one which claimed it discriminated against her and other Caucasian employees in the aftermath of the controversial arrests of two African-American men at a Philadelphia store location.
PHILADELPHIA – Attorney General Josh Shapiro’s mission to hold the nation’s largest student loan provider accountable for its lending practices is now at the federal appellate level, where he has the pledged support of law enforcement in 31 states and Washington, D.C.
TRENTON, N.J. – Starbucks is looking to transfer an employment discrimination action filed against by a former regional director for the company to a Pennsylvania federal court – one which claimed it discriminated against her and other Caucasian employees in the aftermath of the controversial arrests of two African-American men at a Philadelphia store location.
PHILADELPHIA – A Michigan woman's lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson and other defendants over a 2011 pelvic mesh implant Gynecare TVT-Obturator (TVT-O), originally filed in Pennsylvania, now is in federal court in New Jersey.
TRENTON, N.J. – A former regional director for Starbucks is suing the company, claiming it discriminated against her and other Caucasian employees in the aftermath of the controversial arrests of two African-American men at a Philadelphia store location.
