U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Allentown Division
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Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police settle former officer's claims of sexual harassment for $1.75M
ALLENTOWN – Lehigh Township and its Chief of Police have settled litigation from a female former officer of the Lehigh Township Police Department for $1.75 million – litigation which alleged that, over a five-year period, the Chief of Police targeted her for sexual harassment, discrimination and abuse, creating what she called a “hostile, toxic and intolerable work environment” that led to her resignation. -
Jackhammer operator who alleged Norfolk Southern's negligence caused his injuries ends case
ALLENTOWN – Litigation from a jackhammer operator and his spouse against the Norfolk Southern railroad company, which claimed company negligence forced the operator to jump approximately 30 feet from a manlift in order to save his own life from an approaching train, has been closed. -
Lancaster is dismissed from litigation concerning alleged warrantless raids of vape businesses
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County has been dismissed from litigation asserting that its district attorney and police officers conducted warrantless raids of businesses selling vape products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books. -
Federal judge confirms $779K arbitration award to franchisee, in Choice Hotels lawsuit
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has confirmed a $779,000 arbitration award decided in favor of a plaintiff franchisee in a wide-ranging lawsuit brought by such franchisees against the Choice Hotels organization, who claimed they have been overcharged inflated fees to increase the group’s revenue and have been subjected to discriminatory treatment based on race. -
After deaths of girls blamed on hoverboard battery, judge OKs $38.5M settlement
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has signed off on a settlement of $38.5 million in survival and wrongful death litigation surrounding a fatal house fire in Hellertown in April 2022, a fire started by a hoverboard device which allegedly malfunctioned while charging and killed two young girls. -
Mother of Pen Argyl boy harmed by lead exposure settles with former landlord for $20K
ALLENTOWN – The mother of a six-year-old Pen Argyl boy who filed suit against her Florida-based landlord, charging that his failure to remediate lead from the home she rented has left her son with permanent brain damage, recently settled her claims for $20,000. -
$38.5 million settlement after deaths of girls blamed on hoverboard battery
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has approved a settlement of $38.5 million in survival and wrongful death litigation surrounding a fatal house fire in Hellertown in April 2022, a fire started by a hoverboard device which malfunctioned while charging and killed two young girls. -
Judge: Biological father of girl who died in hoverboard house fire cannot recover Wrongful Death Act damages
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has ruled that the biological father of one girl among two killed in a fatal house fire in Hellertown in April 2022, a fire started by a hoverboard device which malfunctioned while charging, is not eligible to recover damages under the Wrongful Death Act. -
Lancaster County law enforcement seeks judgment on the pleadings for raids of vape products shops
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County, its district attorney and police officers are seeking judgment on the pleadings in litigation asserting that they conducted warrantless raids of businesses selling vape products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books. -
Federal judge sets aside default judgment in Lehigh County woman's suit resulting from cellmate assault
ALLENTOWN – An inmate at the Lehigh County Jail, who claimed she was severely beaten and assaulted by her cellmate with alleged mental health issues and violent tendencies and who had been denied her regimen of medication to control those same issues, has had the default judgment granted to her set aside by a federal court. -
Lehigh County plaintiff says her extensive car accident injuries were Allentown cop's fault
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman alleges she suffered numerous physical injuries, as a result of a motor vehicle collision she says was caused by an Allentown police officer who operated their vehicle in a reckless fashion. -
Judge consolidates class action suits over software company's alleged Exchange Act violations
ALLENTOWN – A federal judge has consolidated a securities class action litigation, which claims that a software and payment processing company made materially false and misleading statements regarding its own business, operations and compliance policies. -
Court trims the federal government's opioid lawsuit against Amerisource Bergen
PHILADELPHIA (Legal Newsline) - A federal judge allowed the government’s lawsuit against drug distributor Amerisource Bergen to proceed, but cut down the potential size of the government’s claims by ruling Amerisource could only be ordered to pay fines over opioids it shipped after Congress amended the Controlled Substances Act in 2018. -
Coopersburg woman reiterates false arrest and other claims from Upper Saucon Township police
ALLENTOWN – A Lehigh County woman maintains allegations that in response to a wellness check call initiated by a friend, several officers from the Upper Saucon Township Police Department responded with an improper seizure, assault and false arrest. -
Lancaster looking to dismiss Monell count in civil rights suit over restaurant altercation arrest
ALLENTOWN – The City of Lancaster is looking to dismiss a count for Monell liability lodged against it, in litigation brought by a woman who contended her civil rights were violated when Lancaster police officers arrested and took her into custody, subsequent to her having had a verbal altercation with a patron at a local restaurant. -
Reading and police officials deny violating Christian protester's civil rights in Pride March arrest
ALLENTOWN – Counsel for the City of Reading, its Chief of Police and two of its officers have denied allegations for civil rights violations, defamation and malicious prosecution, lodged by an evangelical Christian, who protested the City’s first-ever Pride March & Rally and was then arrested for disorderly conduct. -
Lancaster County law enforcement authorities defend last spring's raids of vape products shops
ALLENTOWN – Lancaster County, its district attorney and police officers assert they did not conduct warrantless raids of businesses selling vaping products last April, raids which those proprietors contend were illegal and contradictory to state laws currently on the books. -
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Lancaster police entities deny civil rights and excessive force violations
ALLENTOWN – The Lancaster Police Department has flatly denied claims of excessive force and assault from a Maryland woman over an incident that allegedly took place during a forcible eviction two years ago and resulted in the plaintiff suffering a broken arm. -
Berks County transportation group denies it permitted a racist environment towards Black employee
ALLENTOWN – A Berks County transportation entity has denied charges that it permitted racially-hostile behavior in the workplace and subjected one of its Black employees to retaliation when he challenged the behavior in question. -
Upper Saucon Township rejects assault and false arrest claims, after wellness check gone awry
ALLENTOWN – Upper Saucon Township and several of its officers look to dismiss claims from a Lehigh County woman that they committed an improper seizure, assault and false arrest when they responded to a wellness check call initiated by a friend of the plaintiff.